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- Release Date: Mar 2, 2010
- Also On: PlayStation 3
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- 90MLB 10: The Show really surprised me in the way that it featured a very solid baseball title for the PSP.
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- Mar 22, 20129Very funny movie, would watch it again in a heartbeat, I took my mom and dad out to the show and they laughed Real hard. Must see movie. Very good twists and character development. Go see this flick.
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- Jul 6, 2012921 Jump Street is a hilarious, well written, intelligent, heartfelt story of friendship. Featuring surprisingly incredible performances from the two leads and hilarious cameos this is a wonderful comedy. I give this movie
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- May 16, 20129what a classic comedy this movie made me laugh to the point where Dr.pepper came out of my nose. Jonah hill has been a comedy genius for a long time and this movie was his best since Take him to the greek
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- Mar 16, 201210Interesting film, 21 Jump Street is a bigger sorprise, I think that can be a disaster, but is same like the remake of Footloose. This film is amazing.
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- Maybe it was my fault for being a boring person, but this didn't make me laugh once in the entire movie. Jonah was ok, but Channing, stick to drama please.
- Good comedy overall but some parts of the plot was just stupid and had nothing to do with the movies overall plot. Channing supprised me by his comidic skills and johnah never stops impressing me.
- Really funny movie with some outrageous moments. Two opposite characters and actors worked quite well together. It is nothing serious. It is just a silly movie that leaves you with a lot of laughs.
- It was an ok movie it had a few funny points but not a lot. The plot was ridiculous, and the movies was filled with stupid cliches that weren't even funny. Do not recommend.
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- So funny! I loved this! it wasn't one of those movies where the trailer was only funny. But this movie was hilarious the entire way through. it was stupid humour and I loved it!
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- Apr 9, 2012721 Jump Street is one of the funniest films I have seen for a long time. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum is one of the strangest comedy double acts Iâ
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- Why is the movie good? Because it doesn't take itself seriously. People who took it seriously, like nautico the hard marine, have no sense of humor. Anyway, I give this movie a 6, and nautico a 10 out of 10 in "boring".
- Jun 3, 20129Funny & Smart..
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- Insipid. Mind-numbingly boring. This movie isn't anything like the great little TV series that some of us grew up with. The people rating this a 10 are probably doing bath salts.
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- : Encircling Sea – A Forgotten Land
Black metal is not a style that has ever interested me in the slightest. Like death metal, I feel like the vast majority of music in the genre devolves into crude parody devoid of both legitimate emotion and musical ingenuity.
Perhaps the same could be said about any style of music, but the point is I’ve never had a black metal based album blow me away. That is, before I heard Encircling Sea‘s A Forgotten Land.
Encircling Sea are Melbourne-based four-piece who play a progressive, eclectic style of black metal incorporating elements of post-metal, noise, ambiance and, surprisingly enough, folk. It’s members have previously lent their talents to the likes of Clagg, The Abandonment, In Trenches and Whitehorse among others.
The most immediate thing I note about A Forgotten Land is that it’s gorgeous production – which is surely an adjective rarely used in most black metal reviews. The mix is just so warm and lush, and with plenty of sonic depth and definition – which is no mean feat considering the extensively layering on this record.
Each song on A Forgotten Land features rich sonic texturing thanks to noise-smith David Coen, who works away adding atmospheric swells, building oscillations and subtle colouring to fit the varied moods of the album. The heavier passages are driven by the crushing bass tone of Dase Beard, while Rob Allen lends a vocal style that is thick and earthen (ed: I’ve since been corrected. There is no bass on this album, only baritone guitar).
But, for me, the real beauty of this album is the sheer versatility of the guitar sounds, which move from being oppressively heavy, to shimmering with shoegazy depth, to finally producing beautiful, delicate clean tones when the group’s brutality collapses into meditative interlude.
While the majority of this release occupies an earthy post-black metal feel, the third track “Become” manifests as a ten minute acoustic folk track – all twangy guitars, strumming and soothing violin – that somehow manages to fit perfectly within the wider context of the album..
Band: Encircling Sea
Album: A Forgotten Land
Year: 2013
Genre: Post-metal / black metal
Label: Natural World records
Origin: Melbourne, Australia
Track-list:
- Yearn
- Transcend
- Become
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Half ‘The 2003 Metal Gods North American Tour.’
“All the best,”
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Metal News for January 14, 2010
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Cancer Bats To Tour Canada w/ Billy Talent
Cancer Bats will be joining Billy Talent, Alexisonfire, and Against Me! on their Canadian tour. Here are the latest tour dates:
03.03.10 - Victoria, BC, CAN @ Save On Foods Centre
03.05.10 - Penticton, BC, CAN @ South Okanagan Events Centre
03.06.10 - Kamloops, BC, CAN @ Interior Savings Centre
03.08.10 - Prince George, BC, CAN @ CN Centre
03.09.10 - Dawson Creek, BC, CAN @ EnCana Events Centre
03.11.10 - Red Deer, AB, CAN @ Enmax Centrium
03.12.10 - Medicine Hat, AB, CAN @ Medicine Hat Arena
03.13.10 - Lethbridge, AB, CAN @ Enmax Centre
03.15.10 - Edmonton, AB, CAN @ Rexall Place
03.16.10 - Calgary, AB, CAN @ Pengrowth Saddledome
03.18.10 - Regina, SK, CAN @ Brandt Centre
03.19.10 - Saskatoon, SK, CAN @ Credit Union Centre
03.20.10 - Winnipeg, MB, CAN @ MTS Centre
03.22.10 - Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN @ Essar Centre
03.23.10 - Sudbury, ON, CAN @ Sudbury Arena
03.24.10 - Montreal, QC, CAN @ Bell Centre
03.26.10 - Ottawa, ON, CAN @ Scotiabank Place
03.27.10 - London, ON, CAN @ John Labatt Centre
03.28.10 - Toronto, ON, CAN @ Air Canada Centre
Varg Streaming New Song Online
German viking metallers Varg are currently streaming a new song online from their upcoming album "Blutaar." The track "Sieg Oder Niedergang," along with the previously uploaded titled track, can be heard via Varg's MySpace page. "Blutaar" is set to be released on January 29th, 2010.
The Red Chord Announces Headlining Tour
Boston metallers The Red Chord have announced they will be embarking on a headlining U.S. tour in support of their latest album "Fed Through The Teeth Machine." Support on the tour will come from Mychildren Mybride, Chelsea Grin, and Those Who Lie Beneath. The currently confirmed dates are as follows:
02/11 Douglasville, GA The 7 Venue's Pizza
02/26 Modesto, CA Modesto Virtual
02/28 Palmdale, CA The Crossing
03/01 Flagstaff, AZ The Joint
03/02 Albuqurque,
Kraanium Enters The Studio
Norwegian death metallers Kraanium have issued the following statement about entering the recording studio:
"Yesterday we hit the studio once again, and stared to record some new stuff. Five new slamming songs Kraanium style is in da works! Will probably be on a split with Condemned Remains and Intracranial Butchery if everything goes as plan, looking forward to this shit! Stay tuned for more slamtastic news from Norways (only) slammasters!"
Samples of Kraanium's music can be found at their official MySpace page.
Nightrage Updates Tour Schedule
Greek metallers Nightrage have changed several venues and dates on their upcoming Greek and Mexican tour dates. The currently announced dates are as follows:
2/12 2010 Greek tour 2010 Patra, @Lithografeio Theater
2/13 2010 Greek tour 2010 Ioannina, TBA
2/14 2010 Greek tour 2010 Agrinio, @ Dewars Club
2/15 2010 Greek tour 2010 Irakleio, @ Support 81
2/16 2010 Greek tour 2010 Chania, @ 4 Seasons Bar
2/18 2010 Greek tour 2010 Lamia, @ Secrets Live Stage
2/19 2010 Greek tour 2010 Larisa, Stage Club
2/20 2010 Greek Tour 2010 Thessaloniki, Eightbal Club
2/21 2010 Greek Tour 2010 Athens, @ On Stage Club
2/27 2010 Mexican Tour 2010 Mexico City, MULTIFORO TLALPAN., México
2/28 2010 Mexican Tour 2010 Cuernavaca Mor, Foro de PIT
3/5 2010 Mexican Tour 2010 Guadalajara Jal, Auditorio FEU
3/6 2010 Mexican Tour 2010 Morelia Mich, Bar Fuxion
3/7 2010 Mexican Tour 2010 Durango. Dgo, FORO ALTERNATIVO LA CUCHILLA
3/12 2010 Mexican Tour 2010 CD. Obregon Son, Salon Chaparral
3/13 2010 Mexican Tour 2010 Hermosillo Son, Foro Celaya
3/14 2010 Mexican Tour 2010 Toluca, Edo Mex. Venue: Lando Music
Opeth Confirmed For Sweden Rock Festival
Swedish progressive death metallers Opeth have announced they will perform at the Sweden Rock Festival, which is set to take place from June 9th - 12th, 2010 in Solvesborg. More information on the festival can be found at this location. Opeth also have the following upcoming tour dates:
3/30 2010 Cirkus Stockholm
4/1 2010 Lichtburg Essen
4/3 2010 Bataclan (SOLD OUT) Paris
4/5 2010 Royal Albert Hall London
4/7 2010 Terminal 5 New York, New York
4/9 2010 The Wiltern Los Angeles, California
Dark Tranquillity Posts Another New Song Online
Dark Tranquillity has posted another new song, "At the Point of Ignition," on their MySpace page. Listen to it at
The track comes off the new album, "We Are the Void," which to 2007’s “Fiction” was recorded at (bassist) Daniel Antonsson's Gothenburg Rock Studios and (keyboardist) Martin Brändström's Rogue Music and mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen at Antfarm Studio in Denmark.
Dark Tranquillity will kick off the touring cycle for the new album in February 2010 with a US tour with Killswitch Engage and The Devil Wears Prada. Here are the dates: More...
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H.I.M. Announces North American Tour
H.I.M. has announced dates for the upcoming North American tour this spring in support of their seventh full-length album, "Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice," which is set for a February release.. 23 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern LG
Apr. 24 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
Apr. 25 San Diego, CA -
Pantheon I Posts Live Video Clip
Norway's Pantheon I has posted live footage online of their performance of the song "The Last Stand," which can be viewed below. The video clip was recorded on December 5th 2009.
Priestess Announces European Tour
Canada's Priestess has announced they will be embarking on a string of European tour dates alongside Bigelf. The currently confirmed dates are as follows:
2/01 – Hamburg, Gemany @ Logo
2/02 – Berlin, Gemany @ White Trash
2/03 – Munich, Gemany @ 59 to 1
2/04 – Cologne, Gemany @ Luxor
2/06 – Strasbourg, Franve @ La Laiterie
2/07 – Amsterdam, Holland @ Melkweg
2/08 – Antwerp, Belgium @ Trix
2/09 – Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie
2/11 – Pratteln, Switzerland @ Z7
2/12 – Treviso, Italy @ New Age
2/13 – Milan, Italy @ Tunnel
2/15 – Barcelona, Spain @ Salamandra
2/16 – Madrid, Spain @ Sala Ramdall
2/20 – Oxford, England @ Academy
2/22 – Glasgow, Scotland @ Cathouse
2/23 – Manchester, England @ Club Academy
2/24 – Wolverhampton, England @ Little Civic
2/25 – London, England @ Underworld
Solstafir Confirmed For Roskilde Festival
Icelandic metallers Sólstafir have announced they will perform at Denmark's Roskilde Festival, which will take place the first weekend of July, 2010. More information on the festival can be found at this location. Sólstafir have the following upcoming tour dates:
4/30 2010 Ragnarök Festival Rieden/Kreuth
7/1 2010 Roskilde Festival Roskilde, Sjælland
8/5 2010 Wacken Open Air Wacken
8/19 2010 Summer Breeze Open Air Dinkelsbuehl."
Theatre Of Tragedy Issues Band Update
Theatre of Tragedy has issued the following update about live shows and releasing a new version of their latest album with a bonus EP:
"Happy new year to all of you out there! Things are starting to stir up in the ToT camp. We have compiled all the songs we will play for the upcoming shows and have started rehearsals. 2010 will mark some major changes for ToT. Be sure to catch any upcoming shows close (or afar) from you. There will be about 4 more shows on the European tour announced shortly. Hope to see many of you at the shows. We will be hanging in the bar. We are also working on a South American tour for June and some Norwegian shows in Sept/October.
"In connection with the tour we will issue a limited edition tour version of 'Forever is the World.' This will include a new EP called 'ADDENDA EP' and will feature 10 tracks of b-sides, rarities, remakes, remixes and stuff. So all of you that still didn't get your copy of the 'FITW' CD, here's your chance. It will be released early march. For you that already own the album, AFM Records have promised us that when the limited version is sold out the EP will be sold separately. More...
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Sabaton Posts New Studio Footage
Sweden's Sabaton has posted a second video report of their time in the Abyss studios recording their upcoming album "Coat of Arms." The video clip can be viewed below.
Kittie Unveils New Music Video
KITTIE has posted a new music video for their song "Sorrow I Know." The song is off KITTIE's latest album, "In The Black" which was released back in September of 2009. More...
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Tools Of Torture Cancels Upcoming Tour
Italy's Tools of Torture has issued the following statement about canceling their upcoming tour with Exhumer:
"Tools Of Torture is really sad to let you know that we canceled our presence at the February European Tour with Exhumer because of some sudden employments of Tamoth in his job. We tried to find a solution looking for a session drummer but we received negative replies so now we're forced to cancel our tour. You never know how much sadness and frustration bring us this decision, after also all the precious work done to book the gigs and organize the tour at the best, but we can't do it any other way.
"We apologize with Exhumer (wishing them all the best for the tour!), all the gig organizers, all the clubs and all our fans in Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Hope to meet you all in future and make up what we miss."
Artisian To Release New Album In 2010
ARTISIAN has announced that it will be releasing a new album sometime in 2010. An approximate release date has yet to be announced, but the band has posted a new track that will be featured on the album. "Orion" can be streamed on the band's Myspace page.
Municipal Waste Gear Up For European Tour
Virginian MUNICIPAL WASTE have finished the North American leg
of their "Waste the World" headlining tour in December, and are now
preparing for the start of their European leg.
MUNICIPAL WASTE will head out to Europe next week in support of their
critically acclaimed new album, MASSIVE AGGRESSIVE, which debuted at number
10 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. Joining MUNICIPAL WASTE will be
VICTIMS and REPROACH.
MUNICIPAL WASTE frontman TONY FORESTA comments:
"I'm really pumped that we're coming back over to do a proper Massive
Aggressive tour in Europe. I'm also very excited to be bringing a band like
Victims with us. We've been trying to tour with them for a while and it's
great that it worked out for this run. From the shows we have played
together with them in the past, I feel that the Waste and Victims are a
pretty lethal combination. Expect a lot of new songs in the set as well as
a heap of old surprises. Looking forward to this one. See you soon!" More...
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Den Saakaldte Cancels Upcoming Tour Dates
Norwegian metallers Den Saakaldte, who recently recruited Carpathian Forest drummer Anders Kobro, have announced that they are canceling all of their previously announced dates booked through TPE Booking. Their other dates remain unchanged. Den Saakaldte's currently confirmed tour dates are as follows:
3/19 2010 Pitch Black - Niederkrüchten, DE Niederkrüchten
3/20 2010 Roermond-Azienfabriek, NL Roermond
4/9 2010 Helsinki, Dante’s Highlight, FI Helsinki
4/10 2010 KINGS OF BLACK METAL FESTIVAL 2010, DE Hessen
8/20 2010 BARTHER OPEN AIR FESTIVAL 2010, DE Barther, Berlin
Vreid To Headline Jotunheim Festival
Norway's Vreid has issued the following statement about performing at the Jotunheim Festival:
"Vreid to headline Festival in Croatia. Vreid will be one of the headliners at the Jotunheim Festival at Mocvara in Zagreb, Croatia on Saturday June the 19th. The venue was packed with dedicated fans when we played there with Moonspell & Enslaved 5 years ago, and we hope for another great show this summer night in June. More info at this location."
Samples of Vreid's music can be found at their MySpace page.
Dio Gives Health Update
Wendy Dio has issued the following health update about Ronnie James Dio, who was recently diagnosed with stomach cancer:
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Abigail Williams Drops Off Nile Tour
Abigail Williams has issued the following statement about canceling their upcoming tour dates alongside Nile:
"Due to a recent injury to drummer Ken Meyers, Abigail Williams are forced to cancel their upcoming tour with Nile that was scheduled to start January 15 in Baltimore, Maryland. The tour was planned to support the recent release of a deluxe version of the band’s latest album, In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns (released this week featuring five bonus songs, a CD-ROM video track and all new artwork) and the vinyl pressing of the popular record originally released late 2008."
Abigail Williams have also announced that they will soon begin writing and recording their second full-length album which is tentatively set for release by the end of 2010.
Deadlock to Support Lacuna Coil On German Dates
After a successful year 2009 including shows in Japan, Russia and all over Europe, DEADLOCK will support LACUNA COIL on their German tour dates. This tour marks a perfect finish for the "Manifesto" album cycle, just to start focusing on the next album after returning home from the trek.
Here are the Deadlock tour dates currently confirmed for 2010. More dates are to be announced.
19.02. LÖRRACH / Altes Wasserwerk (w. Fear My Thoughts)
20.02. BERLIN / Columbiaclub (w. Lacuna Coil & Dommin)
21.02. HAMBURG / Knust (w. Lacuna Coil & Dommin)
22.02. ASCHAFFENBURG / Colos Saal (w. Lacuna Coil & Dommin)
24.02. KÖLN / Essigfabrik (w. Lacuna Coil & Dommin)
25.02. KARLSRUHE / Substage (w. Lacuna Coil & Dommin)
26.02. MÜNCHEN / Backstage Halle (w. Lacuna Coil & Dommin)
27.03. ERFURT / Unikum (w. Anima)
25.-27.06. DESSEL (B) / Graspop Metal Meeting
Dark Hound Debuts.
Sanctuary Reissues Classic Albums On Single CD
Ironbird via Cherry Red Records will reissue SANCTUARY's first two albums, 1987's "Refuge Denied," produced by Dave Mustaine of MEGADETH; and 1990's "Into The Mirror Black," produced by Howard Benson, on a single CD on March 8. Singer Warrel Dane and bassist Jim Sheppard went on to extend SANCTUARY's ambition and songwriting into NEVERMORE.
Mystic Prophecy Issues Stratovarius Tour Update
German metal band MYSTIC PROPHECY mainman R.D. Liapakis has issued an update from their tour with STRATOVARIUS from Paris. The tour update is as follows:
“As it turns out the chemistry between STRATOVARIUS and MYSTIC PROPHECY is great. Every night is a great party with lots of fans coming into the shows. More the 1000 people came in to our show in Paris giving us the most energizing feedback any artist can hope for. It definitely is a great tour so far and we can’t wait for the rest of the dates. So see you soon in a town near you. Until then stay heavy!”
Godless Truth Begins Recording New Material
Czech Republic's technical brutal death metal band Godless Truth has issued the following update:
"Godless Truth are now recording a brand new promo in famous HERTZ studio - POLAND. Working with Wojtek and Slawek Wieslawski who are known for their great work they did for DECAPITATED, VADER, BEHEMOTH etc albums!"
"In other news, we just recently started to jam with profi bass player ULF GJERDINGEN from Sweden! So finally our line up is complete!"
Expect some studio reports as well as a new track sample in following days!
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Caliban Posts US Tour Video Update
German metal band Caliban has announced episode 8 of Caliban TV. The episode features the second part of their USA tour with Suffocate, Born Of Osiris, After The Burial, and All Shall Perish. Watch the video below
Upcoming Caliban tour dates are as follows:
25.02.2010 - Close-Up Baten - Stockholm, Swe
20.03.2010 - Expo, Coruna
25.03.2010 - Hannover, Musikzentrum
26.03.2010 - Chemnitz, AJZ Talschock (+ Neaera)
27.03.2010 - Kliffrock Festival 2010
19.06.2010 - Summerblast Festival 2010
04.07.2010 - With Full Force Festival 2010
05.08.2010 - Wacken Open Air 2010 More...
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Dawn of Retaliation Completes Recording New Songs
Noregian metal band Dawn of Retaliation has issued the following studio update:
"We have just recorded two songs and they are currently being mixed and mastered as we speak.
In a few weeks we will publish one of the songs as a promo here on MySpace with a brand new profile layout and new photos with the new members. Check back now and then and look forward to the new shit. Its gonna kick your ass for sure!"
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Pico Union is an ethnically diverse, urban neighborhood located 1.7 miles from the Los Angeles Civic Center, and contiguous to Koreatown. In 1990, 37 percent of residents were of Central American origin, and Mexican-origin residents constituted most of the remainder of the population. In our 1999 sample, 26 percent had lived in the area for more than 10 years. The relatively low marriage rate reflects a young population, and the low incidence of health insurance (49 percent) was consistent with a high rate of employment as domestic and garment workers.
When the Metamorphosis Project returned to Pico Union in 2002 to gather a second round of data, the area was still predominantly Central American and Mexican-origin immigrants, although some of the demographics had changed. Forty seven percent had lived in the neighborhood for 10 or more years, and 47 percent were married or living with a partner. Forty percent of respondents had a high school diploma or higher level of education, and the sample was still relatively young: 50 percent were 35 years old or younger. | http://www.metamorph.org/research/area_profiles/pico_union/ | 2013-05-18T10:20:52 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Graduation Services
Graduation Is A Time To Celebrate
Commencement at Nebraska Methodist College is a highly meaningful tradition for graduating students and their families and friends. The ceremony symbolizes the transition from student to well-educated, responsible healthcare professional. If you have never been to a graduation ceremony for nursing and healthcare professionals at NMC, it is an occasion you will not want to miss. The event is used to acknowledge the hard work and celebrate the accomplishments made by students as they worked to attain their goals. While there are many students and guests at the ceremony, it is a moving experience. Each student shares a personal introspection with everyone, and it is gratifying to hear the depth of feeling and thought that goes into each sentiment.
Each academic year, Nebraska Methodist College hosts three graduations: Spring, Summer, and Winter. For complete details for upcoming graduation events, please see below for more details.
Spring Graduation 2013
The NMC Spring Graduation Ceremonies will be held Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Services will be held at St. Andrew's Methodist Church
Location : 15050 W Maple RD in Omaha, Nebraska
There are two commencement ceremonies: Nursing graduation and Health Professions graduation
Nursing Students - Ceremony at 1:00 PM
Health Profession Students - Ceremony at 4:00 PM
Cap and gown orders are due by March 8th - please contact the Bookstore for more details.
Summer Graduation 2013
The NMC Summer Graduation Ceremony will be held Friday, August 2nd, 2013 at 4:00 pm
Services will be held at St. Andrew's Methodist Church
Location : 15050 W Maple RD in Omaha, Nebraska
Winter Graduation 2013
The NMC Winter Graduation Ceremony will be held Friday, December 13, 2013 at 4:00pm
Services will be held at St. Andrew's Methodist Church
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The averaging period used for the following assessment was 1961-1990.
Mean temperatures generally close to average across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but slightly above average across Scotland. Wales and Northern Ireland had their coolest September since 1994. A very wet month across the Midlands and north-east England, with some stations in Northumberland recording around 300% of their average rainfall. In contrast, northern areas of Scotland had well below average rainfall. A generally dull month across the UK, with exceptionally below average sunshine across south-west Scotland.
Stradbroke (Suffolk) recorded a maximum temperature of 24.0 °C on 1st. Tulloch Bridge recorded a minimum temperature of -2.1 °C on 22nd. There were high 48-hour rainfall totals in Northumberland on 5th/6th with Goldscleugh recording 225.6 mm, Birkside 158.8 mm and Chillingham Barns recording 158.3 mm. A wind gust of 68 mph was recorded at Berry Head (Devon) on 5th.
Unsettled and wet through the first half of the month, but much drier and brighter through the second half.
1st to 4th: An area of low pressure tracked eastwards across Scotland with weather fronts crossing England. This brought showers or longer spells of rain for all parts, which were heavy and thundery at times. Flooding was reported in parts of the south-west on the night of the 3rd/4th.
5th to 8th: A deep area of low pressure moved north-eastwards across south-west England later on the 5th, to become slow moving across the Midlands and eastern England on the 6th and 7th, before finally moving out into the North Sea on the 8th. This brought periods of heavy and thundery rain during the period to all parts. Flooding reported in south-west England on the 5th and in north-east England on the 6th. High 48-hour rainfall totals in Northumberland on the 5th/6th, with Chillingham Barns recording 158.3 mm and Morpeth Cockle Park recording 151.5 mm, both having return periods over 200 years. As the low moved away on the 8th, most parts had a drier and brighter day, with just a few showers.
9th to 13th: An area of low pressure tracked to the north-west of England on the 9th with a series of weather fronts crossing England, bringing a period of heavy rain. A brief ridge of high pressure on the 10th gave a drier and brighter day. However, more weather fronts crossed the country from the 11th to the 13th bringing more showers or longer spells of rain, which was heavy and thundery in places. Norwich Airport recorded a maximum temperature of 23.4 °C on the 11th. Some notable hourly rainfall totals in Wiltshire on the afternoon of the 12th, with Larkhill recording 28.2 mm and Boscombe Down recording 21.0 mm.
14th to 16th: A ridge of high pressure pushed into eastern England, although weather fronts remained slow moving over the west. This brought cloudy and wet weather to the west, although the east was mainly dry with some sunny spells. It was cool overnight here though with patchy fog forming.
17th to 21st: High pressure built across the whole of England giving a period of fine weather with some good sunny spells. However, there were also some chilly nights with patchy dense fog forming.
22nd to 24th: High pressure still dominated England's weather, although a weak weather front became slow moving over central and eastern England. This brought cloud and a little rain here, but elsewhere it was dry and brighter. Shap (Cumbria) recorded a minimum temperature of -0.2 °C on the 23rd.
25th to 27th: High pressure gave a period of dry and fine weather with some good sunny spells. However, there were also some cool nights, with patches of dense fog forming which were slow to clear during the mornings.
28th to 30th: The high pressure started to decline
with a weak weather front on the 28th bringing cloud and a little rain into
northern and central parts, although the south stayed fine. Santon Downham
(Norfolk) recorded a minimum temperature of 1.2 °C on the 28th. A brief
ridge of high pressure on the 29th gave most parts a fine day, but a series
of weather fronts spread eastwards on the 30th. This gave a wet end to the
month, with outbreaks of rain, which were heavy and persistent in the north-west.
Generally unsettled for the first half of the month,
then drier and brighter.
1st to 7th: Scattered showers on the 1st gradually merged into longer periods of rain. Further heavy rain fell overnight, then brighter with showers on the 2nd and 3rd, but strong south-westerly winds on the 3rd with a gust of 62 m.p.h. at Aberdaron (Gwynedd) and further heavy and prolonged showers over some southern areas. Further prolonged and heavy showers affected the south on the 4th, but drier in the north. Overnight from the 4th to the 5th a band of heavy rain spread northwards, with some flooding reported. Betws-Y-Coed (Conwy) recorded a 24-hour rainfall total of 58.4 mm on the 5th and Capel Curig (Conwy) recording a four-day total of 143.8 mm between the 3rd and 6th. The 6th was more showery and cyclonic, but still with some heavy bursts of rain. The low centre slowly moved away eastwards late on the 7th to leave a few showers and most places becoming dry with sunny spells.
8th to 14th: Most places were dry and sunny on the 8th with a ridge of high pressure. Cloud increased on the 9th with outbreaks of rain and strong southerly winds. The 10th started drier and brighter, but increasing cloud, wind and outbreaks of rain spread from the west through the afternoon. A mild night on the 10th/11th, with Mumbles Head (near Swansea) recording a minimum temperature of 14.7 °C. Rain cleared to sunny spells and showers on the 11th. Rather cloudy at times on the 12th with some showers. Largely dry, sunny at times and pleasantly warm on the 13th and 14th, but with some mist and fog overnight.
15th to 21st: Rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain in western and central parts on the 15th and 16th with some heavy bursts in central parts on the 16th. Some rain at first on the 17th, but then drier and brighter. Dry with sunny spells on the 18th as a ridge of high pressure developed. High pressure remained in charge through the 19th, 20th and 21st with fine sunny weather, but with some mist overnight. Trawsgoed (Ceredigion) recorded a maximum temperature of 21.3 °C on the 20th.
22nd to 30th: Cloud increased on the 22nd, with
a weak weather front bringing some outbreaks of light rain. The 23rd to
27th was a mainly dry period with some sunny spells, although there was
some mist and fog overnight during this period. Trawsgoed (Ceredigion)
recorded a maximum temperature of 19.9 °C on the 26th and Hawarden
Airport (Flintshire) recorded a maximum temperature of 19.9 °C on the
27th. Sennybridge recorded a minimum temperature of 0.7 °C on the 27th
and 0.6 °C on the 28th. On the 28th, cloud increased with a weak weather
front spreading southwards giving some light rain in the north. Rain cleared
on the 29th to leave some sunny spells, but then further heavy rain on
the 30th. Capel Curig recorded a 24-hour rainfall total of 37.8 mm on the
30th.
Generally dull and exceptionally so in the south-west.
Rather dry in the north, but wet in the south-east.
1st to 5th: The 1st to the 4th were bright with a mixture of sunshine and showers, some of the showers heavy and prolonged with hail and thunder. Tulloch Bridge (Highland) recorded a minimum temperature of -0.3 °C on the 5th. The rest of the day was mainly dry in the north and west, but rain spread to the south-east, bringing a 24-hour rainfall total of 35.4 mm to Carterhouse (Scottish Borders) on the 5th.
6th to 18th: The south-east stayed wet on the 6th and 7th, with Carterhouse recording another 24-hour rainfall total of 58.1 mm on the 6th, with some local flooding. The north and west stayed mainly dry on the 6th and 7th. The 8th was mainly dry and bright but with scattered and sometimes heavy showers in the afternoon and evening. Many northern areas started bright on the 9th before rain spread north, heavy in places. The south-west brightened later. Showers cleared early on the 10th but cloud and rain then extended north-east to most places later. Rain cleared from eastern Scotland early on the 11th, then brighter conditions with the temperature reaching 21.5 °C at Kinlochewe (Highland). A few showers developed during the 12th, before more general rain spread in from the east during the evening. Remaining rather cloudy on the 13th with some light rain, which cleared from the west later. The 14th was mostly cloudy with patchy rain, turning heavier in the south-west later. The 15th and 16th were cloudy and wet, the rain heavy at times in the west and south-west. The 17th was mainly dry. Rain developed across the north-west through the 18th and spread south-eastwards.
19th to 26th: The 19th and 20th were mainly dry, apart from a little drizzle in the south and west. The best of the sunshine was found in the north-east with Fyvie Castle (Aberdeenshire) reaching 21.9 °C on the 20th. Many parts were dry and bright on the 21st, although light rain gradually pushed in from the north-west. After a touch of frost in Aberdeenshire and the north Highlands, the 22nd was mainly dry with sunny spells. Tulloch Bridge recorded a minimum temperature of -2.1 °C on the 22nd. The best sun on the 23rd was in the far south-west. Elsewhere cloud increased and patchy drizzle developed in the east. This continued into the 24th but died out later. Most areas were cloudy but some sunny spells developed in places. The 25th was rather cloudy, although central and eastern areas saw some sunny spells, with patchy light rain reaching the far north-west later. The 26th was mostly fine but rain and strong winds reached the north during the evening.
27th to 30th: A band of mainly light rain spread
south-east on the 27th followed by clearer weather with scattered showers.
The 28th and 29th had sunshine and showers, the showers heaviest in the north
and west, with it also being quite windy on the 29th. Southern areas became
wet overnight and into the 30th. Sunshine and showers in the north, spreading
south later. A cool end to the month with maximum temperatures around 11°C
in the north and 14°C in the south.
A wet first half to the month, but much drier through the second half.
1st to 5th: The 1st to the 3rd saw a mix of sunny spells and showers, some of the showers were heavy and thundery at times, causing localised flooding in Belfast on the 2nd. Sunny intervals and light showers on the 4th. Mainly dry with bright spells on the 5th but rain spread up from the south later, heavy at times and causing localised flooding. Stormont Castle (County Down) recorded a 24-hour rainfall total of 43.1 mm on the 5th.
6th to 18th: Rain cleared east early on the 6th, with fine and dry weather then following until the 8th. The 9th was cloudy with rain, heavy at times. The 10th started mainly dry, but it then became cloudy with rain, which was heavy in places. The 11th started mainly dry and bright, then showery rain, some heavy, spread eastwards. A misty start on the 12th, but then brightening to sunshine and showers. The 13th was dry with some sunshine, with the temperature reaching 20.7 °C at Killowen (County Down). The 14th started dry and bright in the east, but outbreaks of rain spread to all parts during the day. On the 15th, rain in the east cleared during the morning to leave a mainly dry and cloudy day. There was some patchy rain early on the 16th otherwise it was dry, though cloudy, with similar conditions on the 17th. Rain developed and become widespread on the 18th, easing later.
19th to 26th: The 19th and 20th were mainly dry,
although it was rather cloudy on the 20th before becoming sunnier on the
20th. The 21st started sunny, then cloud and light rain spread east later.
Killowen recorded a maximum temperature of 21.2 °C on the 21st. After
chilly nights, the 22nd and 23rd were dry with sunny spells. Derrygonnelly
(County Fermanagh) recorded a minimum temperature of 0.3 °C on the 23rd.
The 24th and 25th were cloudier but still with some sunshine at times. Any
early mist and fog patches cleared after dawn on the 26th to leave a fine
day with some sunshine and light southerly winds.
27th to 30th: A band of light rain spread south-east on the 27th otherwise it was dry and bright. The 28th had sunny spells and scattered showers. The 29th was mostly cloudy with scattered showers, although more general rain reached the west later. After a wet night and morning, the rain cleared south-east on the 30th with sunshine and heavy showers following. Ballypatrick Forest (County Antrim) recorded a 24-hour rainfall total of 30.4 mm of rain on the 30th. | http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/2008/september.html | 2013-05-18T10:12:52 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Arts
Write Brain
is all too willing to take credit for the right side
NEUROSCIENCE has not been kind to the concept of free will. In recent years, the field has given us a picture of the conscious mind that isn't very flattering—it often looks to be quite responded. an idea that's time has come and gone. And now we should be thinking about other matters that are of social relevance."
What Gazzaniga is referring to is the question of responsibility. Not whether it can be said to exist in a world without free will—he argues forcefully in the book that the two concepts don't depend on each other, and that people must be held accountable for their actions. Gazzaniga believes the real question is how to hold people accountable for their actions.
Michael Gazzaniga Booksigning
Tuesday, 7pm; book purchase or $10 gift card
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Charlie Sheen To Talk About His Television Show
Charlie Sheen was really mad due the cancelation of Two and a Half Men (celebitchy.com)
Charlie Sheen can not stay quite. The star decided to once again share his thoughts about the cancelation of “Two and a Half Men.”
The CBS and Warner Bros. producers decided to cancel the rest of the season of the popular television show, and as imagined the decision was not appreciated by Charlie Sheen, mostly since the actor’s behavior is the reason of this decision. The star made an appearance on “The Alex Jones Show” yesterday to talk about this situation. “Look what I’m dealing with, man. I’m dealing with fools and trolls,” Sheen said being quoted by the Boston Herald. Sheen also called the executive producer of the show a “clown.” And regarding his issues and addictions, Sheen claimed that he is cured. “I have a disease? Bulls**t! I cured it… with my mind,” he said. “These turds, these losers, there’s no reason to then bring them back into the fold because I have real fame, they have nothing,” Sheen continued saying according to Monstersandcritics.com.
When talking to TMZ, Sheen claimed that “I violently hate Chaim Levine.” He also added that Lorre took money from him, saying that he is “a stupid, stupid little man and a … punk that I’d never want to be like.” However, the star’s reaction came mostly because of the statement release by the network that produces “Two and a Half Men” and which claimed that CBS and Warner Bros. Television have decidedto cancel the production of the popular television show basing this choice “on the totality of Charlie Sheen’s statements, conduct and condition.” The show has been canceled for the rest of the season. And, as imagined after being accused this way in the statement, Sheen could not stay quite.
However, no final decision on the future of the show has been made yet, but it is hard to believe that it will be canceled after all, as despite Sheen’s issues, “Two and a Half Men” remains the most popular show in television. And in fact, Charlie Sheen still has a contract with the network until May 2012. So, the whole situation is quite complicated. However, the production of the television show was supposed to start again on Monday. The show was putted on hold when Sheen was hospitalized at the beginning of the month. After a 36 hours party held at his home in Los Angeles, Charlie Sheen was transported to the hospital with severe abdominal pain. The actor took some time off after the incident. And because Sheen needed time to seek treatment for his issues, he was of course unable to attend work. And if the star could not act, the whole show had to be canceled until Charlie Sheen was able to work again. But, Sheen claimed he is now cured because he just heals quicker than other people and mentioned that he was ready to return on the set.
Well, what had Sheen to say after all that made the show producers cancel it due the star’s statements? So, Sheen claimed that he was ready to get back to work, but the show’s producers weren’t and he actually said during an interview with radio host Dan Patrick that he went to work and there was no one there. And then, reports claimed that Sheen wild partied again, this time with his former wife, Brooke Mueller, and two of his girlfriends. Well, that happened while Charlie Sheen should have been committed to his treatment. In fact, when the star first announced that he was going to take the time off to focus on his treatment, he received the needed support from his show’s producers. But, now it seems that Sheen failed to remain committed to the rehab treatment and he lunched several accusations on the co-creator of the show, Chuck Lorre, but also on Alcoholics Anonymous and his ex-wives. And now they just decided to take action against the star. What will Charlie Sheen do next and what will happen to the show we are about to see in the following days, but fans will definitely be disappointed if this decision will remain final. 11 | http://www.metrolic.com/charlie-sheen-to-talk-about-his-television-show-162127/ | 2013-05-18T10:12:37 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Killa, Killa, Killa, DipSet Bitch, DipSet Bitch, DipSet Bitch
D-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-damn
[Verse 1] Them niggaz bitch bitch, hustle hoe That was her boo, yes sir true But I collect the chicken, call me Purdue His ex wife, a new sex life But ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-check it, go get ya wet wipes
[Hook] Go get ya wet wipes, go get ya wet wipes Go get ya wet wipes, go get ya wet wipes I see your head lights, they lookin dead nice They got me sayin D-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-damn
[Verse 2] b [ From: ] Yes Sicily ricery, don't mean shit
Get Ya Wet Wipes Lyrics
Cam'Ron
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Lost in the game
Finally I can say I'm proud of me
No hope at all
A day that i believed would never come
No one to blame
The shadows of my past have been erased
A life that only God himself could change
I never dreamed that life could feel this way Don't wake me please I've finally found the place where I belong [ From: ] Only one regret All those years I lost For nothing at all
Laughing in pain Searching for a reason to exist World torn apart Excuses left me breathless and ashamed Slipping away I found a purpose that's worth fighting for The memories don't haunt me anymore
Last Regret Lyrics
Seventh Day Slumber
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Tennessee, oh, what I'd give to be back there once again
With all the old friends who were so kind to me
Oh, Tennessee, I was happy as could be
Never got too much done but livin' sure was fun in Tennessee
This big city just depresses me Though everybody's as kind as can be A homesick feeling possesses me I won't be the same till I'm back there again
Tennessee, guess the country boy in me Won't ever be at ease Till I feel that southern breeze in Tennessee I won't ever be at ease Till I feel that southern breeze in Tennessee
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What a Web
You’ve got to love technology. Not only is it a tool that broadens our boundaries to truly outrageous proportions, but it allows us to make sense of the world around us. Take the free Google translator. Without it, we never would have been able to decipher the following message: Sveicieni no Latvijas — Mēs lasīt Garu, too! Turns out it means “Greetings from Latvia — We read the Spirit, too!” Now how’s that for community driven? Augstu pieci, vecit!You Might Also Like: | http://www.metrospirit.com/?p=1143 | 2013-05-18T10:40:28 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
The Great Recession has strained the finances of American households at all income levels. Households cope in a variety of ways: cutting unnecessary expenses, turning to friends, relatives, or charitable organizations for help, applying for means-tested public benefits, or borrowing funds. Those with adequate credit standing may take out loans from mainstream financial institutions: banks, credit unions, or thrift institutions. Others, either out of necessity or preference, seek credit from organizations that operate in the alternative financial services (AFS) sector. These alternative forms of credit come with high fees and charges. For example, interest rates on payday loans are in the range of 400 to 450 percent, on an annual percentage rate (APR) basis.
The January 2009 supplement of the Current Population Survey (CPS) on the unbanked and underbanked constitutes one of the few national datasets tracking the use of these credit products. This FDIC-sponsored and Census-administered survey collected data on why and how frequently people turn to the following four types of AFS credit products: 1
Nationally, the 2009 FDIC survey data indicate that 12 percent of U.S. households have ever used one or more of the four AFS credit products, as displayed in the graph below. Among the 8 percent of unbanked American households in which no one holds a checking or savings account, the usage rate for alternative credit products is 27 percent: more than twice as high as the 10 percent for banked households. That said, there is substantial variation among unbanked households. For those that previously held bank accounts but have lost them, the usage rate registers much higher than for those who have never been banked at all (39 versus 16 percent). This previously banked subpopulation includes many with low incomes who cite not having enough money to need the account most often as their reason for closing their prior account.
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Among the top 100 metro areas, 51 metros register AFS credit usage rates above the national average. Areas of high AFS credit usage cluster in the South, Midwest, and West regions of the country, as shown in the map below.
When we focus on the 20 largest metro areas, where the CPS sample design allows reliable estimates, we see many of the same trends. 2 Four of the 7 metros in the South have credit usage rates above the national average, compared to 3 of 6 in the West, 1 of 4 in the Midwest, and 0 of 3 in the Northeast. Usage rates vary more than four-fold among these 20 metros, from a low in Boston (4 percent) to a high in Dallas (19 percent).
To illustrate the different patterns of product use across major cities, consider the top-ranking large metros in the South, West, Midwest, and Northeast: Dallas (19 percent), Seattle (15 percent), St. Louis (14 percent), and Philadelphia (7 percent), respectively.
For Dallas and Seattle, use of pawnshop loans drives AFS usage overall. These two metros have the highest usage of these products among all 20 areas (at 11 and 9 percent, respectively). Texas and Washington (unlike the majority of states) do not apply monthly interest rate caps or other regulations that restrict the availability of pawnshop loans. The low AFS credit usage rates in Northeast metros like Philadelphia reflect the fact that seven of the nine states in this region (all but New Hampshire and Rhode Island) have effectively banned payday lending through state usury laws. The other jurisdictions to have done so nationally are in the South (the District of Columbia and four of 16 states: Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, and West Virginia) and in the West (one of 13 states: Oregon). Similarly, variation by metro area in the use of RTO agreements and RALs also result from differing state restrictions, including APR caps and disclosure requirements.
It will be important to follow the trends in these AFS usage rates over the course of the recession and recovery. The Census administered the supplement again in June 2011, and the data will be released in the summer of 2012. The newer estimates will reflect the much weaker labor market that had evolved by mid-2011, emerging policy developments that restricted the availability of some AFS credit products (most notably, RALs), plus conditions in mainstream financial markets (lower interest rates, but tightened underwriting) that may have influenced the uses of credit in the AFS sector..
Gregory Mills Senior Fellow Center on Labor, Human Services and Population
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De..
December 2, 2004
Vsyo pad kontrolem
Nothing to report on the baby front. Watched pots and all... So we try to go about our days.
We read the paper over breakfast. (Jenn is fascinated and repelled by Vladimir Putin, always taking special interest in news of his friends or foes. Sometimes, between spoonfuls of cereal, I will hear my wife chuckling ruefully, "Khodorkovsky, my friend, bad move. Bad move." or "Watch your back Yushchenko, the next time the poison will take."
We plan on naming a dog Putin someday.)
We putter about and run errands.
I do work.
And act like everything is totally normal.
I'm done with making predictions and will let the biology take it's own mysterious course without prognosticating and getting everyone all riled up. Jenn is enjoying a nice bath.
Perhaps tomorrow.
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p.s. does anyone else find it odd that if you google "Russian Phrases" the first thing that comes up is a page from a dating site with phrases like "I liked your photo and message very much" and "I dream to meet a woman to share my life with." I especially like this sequence "You are so soft. You are so gentle. You are so delightful. You are so supernatural!"
December 4, 2004
quiet day
Jenn had a pre-labor contractions, but nothing major... and these pre-labor contractions can last for days...
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I've discovered our ice cream maker can double as a poor man's slurpee machine. Yum.
December 4, 2004
december
We have a humidifier in our bedroom that makes water sounds. Combine that with a tangled pair of long johns, free floating anxiety about the upcoming birth, and a baby kicking me in the back through my wife's belly and it all combines into one monster of a bad dream. The short version is that I'm in a straight jacket mid-ocean trying to stay afloat and get my wife to the hospital on time.
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We've largely stopped being worrying about "when" and are instead just focusing on staying ready. In the meantime we've made the mental shift from thinking about a Thanksgiving baby to a December one. I'm not sure why this makes a difference but it does. Our current worry is that our daughter will crowd her aunt Becky's birthday. The Yuns take birthdays seriously and we want to give Becks plenty of space to revel and be appreciated.
But these are idle thoughts. Most of all we just want this girl to be healthy and loved. We, like all parents, have a million other hopes and fears... that she will avoid some of the mistakes we have made, that she won't be as difficult as we were, that she will see us as friends... ultimately that she will be better than us. But of course she must fail to learn and must sometimes hate us in order to grow. We know all this.
I've been computerizing our family tree of late. We are an unlikely mix of Gutierrez' and Yuns, Mudges' and Paeks, Perez', and Townes. A hundred years ago our ancestors lived on 3 continents and probably would have killed each other on site. I'm sure this child will have a bit of the best and worst of us all.
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De.
December 7, 2004
at St. Lukes...
Jenn's labor began at around 4:00am while she was asleep. At 6 it woke her up and by 10 we were in the hospital. It's 3:35PM now and she's finally been able to take a nap... So far everything is normal. I'll write an update if I happen to find another wireless connection... It's been intense. I might need a nap as well.
December 7, 2004
5:01PM
Still laboring...
December 7, 2004
12/7/04 11:17 PM
10 seconds after birth.
December 8, 2004
Jenn's Labor
4am Dec 7
Jenn's labor began quietly enough... Tuesday morning at around 4 am I heard her moaning in her sleep every couple of minutes. The thought "Oh she's in labor" crossed my mind, and I fell back asleep, a weird reaction considering all the anticipation building up to the labor. We had just passed the 41 week mark and people were starting to worry. The OB was ordering lots of new tests and exams, I was worried about Jenn's discomfort. Our families were antsy. But perhaps I knew I had to get my rest too, so I slept.
5:57 Jenn woke up thinking she was having cramps. The day before she had been examined and a midwife in our OB practice. The midwife did something called "stripping the membrane: in which she used her finger to slough off some of the outer membranes of the placenta by reaching through the cervix. Painful? God, I can only imagine. This is supposed to stimulate labor and perhaps it did, but Jenn didn't recognize it as labor. She was upset because she was in a kind of pain that she hadn't experienced the entire pregnancy and was cramping. In retrospect those cramps might have been the uterus getting warmed up.
So Jenn woke up and headed to the bathroom with a bout of intense nausea. My wife can dislocate her shoulder without a wimper, but she doesn't do well with nausea. She began shaking like a leaf. I felt a pang of panic, but we were fairly well prepared. I already called our doula, made sure the bags were in order, made sure I had cash, phone, phone numbers, etc. The contractions were coming about every 5 minutes and were a minute long... in other words everything seemed normal. But within a few minutes the intensity increased and Jenn wasn't getting the sensation of release in-between. The release is what is supposed to make labor bearable, but it wasn't happening. This scared both of us.
The doula, Terry Richmond, arrived promptly and went right into trying a number of positions to ease the pain. Some were working, but the nausea and the shaking were getting worse. Also the contractions were speeding up. We tried the tub for a while which helped, but again there was no sense of release. By 9:15 we were headed to the hospital.
I had been dreading the drive to the hospital thinking that I would be so stressed that I wouldn't be able to focus, but I felt oddly relaxed and in control. Rush hour traffic was not that bad and more importantly the ride seemed to settle my wife a bit. The pain felt bearable she said.
9:45
Arriving at the hospital we found it easier to walk upstairs than to use a wheelchair. We were brought into a triage/examination area outside labor & delivery. The place was busy. 6 babies had already been born that day and it was early still. Jenn was put behind a curtain with an external monitor. A few minutes later our doctor came in did an internal exam and everyone was surprised to learn that Jenn was still at 4cm. This was the same dilation she had in the days before labor. Babies are generally delivered at 9 or 10 cms so this was disheartening. Also a second bit of bad news. The baby was very high, it hadn't even begun to descend. Our doctor, Dr Paka, a good natured MD from Hyderabad with a habit of calling my wife by the wrong name, shook her head and clucked, "I think this baby is very big." Then she went away to attend to other deliveries. An IV drip was inserted into Jenn's wrist and a saline drip was started. She was dehydrated and quickly absorbed 2 full bags of saline.
Privately a resident told me he had expected Jenn to be at 8cm based on the strength of her contractions and her general demeanor. This resident kept filling out forms with lots of repetitive questions. I thought it odd that he kept asking Jenn the questions as opposed to me, but I know they have procedure to follow. At this point we had a choice, get an epidural to ease the shaking and the pain, or go down to the birth center to try to deliver totally naturally.
Our plan had been to use the birth center. It's rooms are bigger, quieter, just in general nicer (relatively speaking). The birth center at St. Lukes Roosevelt has the feel of a two star hotel while the hospital rooms are, well, hospital rooms. The birth center has very different set of procedures than in Labor & Delivery. There is much less monitoring, fewer contraptions, no epidurals, and etc. It's an approach that trusts the woman's body to do the right thing. The idea is to put couples comfortable room with a whirlpool where the woman can get into any position that works for her without too much medical intervention. By most accounts with normal deliveries, and with women who are prepared for birth without an epidural, the birth center is one of the best bets in New York City for a satisfying birth experience with the safety net of being near a hospital. Also after the birth, the couple and child are pretty much guaranteed a private room. In Labor and Delivery you must ask for a private room and they are doled out as available. Husbands aren't allowed to spend the night in shared rooms. So the decision was upon us, birth center or labor and delivery (and epidural)? The decision was easy: labor wasn't progressing normally, and we all felt Jenn's shaking and nausea were side effects of the pain. She was laboring with high pitched non-productive squeaks as opposed to the productive deep moans we were looking for, and she was throwing up. So we decided on the epidural in the hopes it would relax her and allow labor to progress. My concern as that she would feel upset, because she had invested so much in the idea of a totally natural childbirth, but at this point she was just looking for relief. But even after we put in the request we had to wait... All the anesthesiologists were tied up.
The triage area was extremely noisy with other laboring women and people coming and going, there were 2 people ahead of us for a delivery room... so we waited. This probably was the most agonizing part of the entire day. We spent almost 90 minutes in the holding area but it seemed like an eternity. I kept re-assuring Jenn that a room was coming, but kept getting word that the room wasn't ready. Annoyed by the noise and clatter, I said, "It will be quiet, you'll get some relief and you can rest". Jenn, much to the amusement of the doula, the resident and myself, said, "oh it's nice and quiet in here..." She was going internal.
12:00
We were wheeled to a room in labor and delivery. The room was small a phalanx of machines. Despite 2 broken chairs, and a large wall clock stuck at 12:05 the room was comfortable. Outside we had a fairly decent view of the city. An anesthesiologist, the head resident arrived at 12:50. He had a firm calming manner (and he was wearing the cleanest chucks I've ever seen) and went to work. The epidural procedure which involves a needle in the spine was performed with merciful speed.
Within 20 minutes Jenn started becoming her normal self again, even cracking a few jokes. Now we just had to wait. The plan was for her to try to get some sleep and see if contractions would start again, if not Pitocin, an artificial form of Oxytocin to stimulate contractions would be delivered. Despite the reprieve from the pain, Jenn was upset. This was exactly what we had been trying to avoid, she said she felt like she had failed. I did my best to let her know how proud I was of her and how I thought this was the right decision given the slow progression of labor, but she was having none of it. Pitocin was delivered via IV and the contractions, which had been calmed by the the anesthesia started again on charts. Finally she simply slept.
I took a break for lunch.
1:20
Dr. Paka examined Jennifer. No progress, so she decided to break the bag of water. I wasn't in the room for this, but apparently the procedure was painless.
On the way back from lunch, I ran into the doctor. She had told me she thought the baby was big and might need a c-section. I tried to make her promise that as long as there was progress she would hold off. While she wouldn't promise, I think she heard me...
In the meantime Jenn's sister Becky arrived. In typical Becky fashion she bopped into the room in good spirits, took a flash picture of Jenn and then held the camera out and took a picture of herself. "So will the baby be here soon?" she asked. She was unaware of the drama of the morning.
Dr. Paka returned. "Let's see how Judy is doing."
"Jennifer," I said.
"Let's see how Jennifer is doing."
The results of the exam were disheartening. 5cm. But it was progress. The doula and I kept emphasizing the point. Dr. Paka looked worried and said she would be back soon. Also a fever had started. Fevers after epidurals are common, so antibiotics were added to the saline drip.
Hours passed without much progress. Outside, the scene was a chaotic with babies being delivered every hour. Q nervous Pakistani man, a tough looking man with a scar from the Bronx, and an Orthodox man and assorted soon-to-be grandparents paced the hall.. The respective wives were making incredibly varied noises from sing-songy sounds, wolf howls, to something that sounded like a yodeler being strangled. None of this was particularly calming. The noise bothered Jenn and I had to keep closing the door. I admit I also kept closing the doors to the other room. By 6pm, twelve babies were born. The clock on the wall still stuck at noon was beginning to really bug me. Luckily Jenn couldn't see it.
And inside our room, Jenn's epidural started wearing off. She began to feel everything again. The shakes returned and the nausea.
5:40
The epidural was "topped off" and Jenn instantly began to feel better again.And the second epidural had kicked up the fever. At 6:00 it was 101.9. More antibiotics were ordered as well as two internal monitors. One for the baby, one for the mom. The baby monitor involves inserting a long thin tube with a tiny wire inside. This wire is actually screwed into the baby's head. At this point Jenn had these monitors, a catheter in her elbow for saline/pitocin/antibiotics, the epidural in her back, another tube connected to the sphygmomanometer on her arm... All this was scary for me, but for Jenn it was disheartening. Again we had invested so much in doing all this naturally that she kept saying that she felt like she had failed. I'll admit hearing her say this got me choked up because I was so darned proud of her. She had been working so hard, and had been so calm. At one point we kicked everyone out of the room and just talked it out. I don't know if I said anything helpful, but afterwards she was more focused and calm.
8:30
The epidural was wearing off again. Again Jenn was feeling everything.An anesthesiologist was called in. She performed a series of simple tests. "Do you feel something sharp on this leg? How about this leg? What about here?" Her conclusion was the epidural was in properly but that for whatever reason the nerves to the pelvis were not being saturated and that the only possible solution was to remove the current epidural and insert a new one. She left the room to call in another doctor. A second doctor confirmed the analysis of the first. A new epidural would be required.
A new labor nurse was on call, Jaye. Jaye is super cool, with lots of arm ink. She told us not to worry.
And at this point a small miracle: as pain increased, Jenn began letting out low sonorous sounds with the contractions... she started laboring productively, ie the baby started moving. We could see it on the chart. With every group of contractions, an inverse blip on the baby's chart, let that let us know the kid was on the move. It was obvious to everyone that the pain was shattering but Jenn was working with it. Later she would say the feeling of the baby moving meant everything in the world. She was dealing... all the while letting out long operatic moans that seemed to come from the base of her soul. The anesthesiologist showed up to redo the epidural. Amazingly she turned him down saying simply, "don't worry, I can deal." All the while, the encouraging blips showing were showing the baby moving. We each one we let her know what was going on. At one point Jenn actually smiled between contractions. During all of this, our doctor had been called away to attend an emergency delivery which gave us about an hour... Jenn told the labor nurse she was feeling the urge to push and the delivery nurse paged in a doctor for an evaluation. As Dr. Paka was busy, another OB came in and did a quick exam. She was at 8cm, almost through transition to the pushing stage. This was an intense time. Jenn's mom was in the room praying. I was letting Jenn know what was going on with the contractions based on the charts, and Terry was providing comfort by cooling Jenn's head, giving us all water and generally keeping things on track.
required.
10:30
Dr. Paka was paged. She seemed shocked find Jenn fully dilated, as she had been preparing for a c-section and had already ordered a us a room. The news kicked everyone into action. Dr. Paka was still worried about the babies size. As a precaution she brought in a full team of residents and nurses. There were 8 or 9 people in the room in addition to the doula and myself. The bed was broken so the doctor could have better access. I was given the job of holding one of Jenn's feet. The pushing part of labor is athletic and extremely focused. Jenn did not need any help here. She was pushing beautifully. The thought I kept having was that if anyone ever doubted the power of women they needed to witness a this. When the head appeared Jenn was told to push as hard as she could. With one great concentrated effort an arm appeared. One of the nurses shouted that he was coming out hands up. I did not know it at the time, but this was a small gracenote because with one arm up the shoulders are narrower and the baby can move through the birth canal easier. With large babies the danger is that they get stuck and the doctors are forced to break their shoulders to remove them. The doctor would later call our situation her worst nightmare. Hence the large team, hence all the worry. So with the hand, the entire room visibly relaxed.
11:17
A second or two later the rest of the body slipped right out. Dr. Paka stood their holding the baby for a moment clipping the umbilical cord. The baby lay there eyes blinking, covered in blood hands up in the air. "This is a very big child," she said softly and quickly handed the child to a pediatrician so that meconium could be suctioned from the babies mouth. I think it was a delivery nurse who said, "It's a boy." Dr. Paka I don't think had noticed as she was so focused on just getting the baby out and on dealing with the umbilical cord. I think everyone in the room repeated "A boy?" to themselves at least once. I ran over to the warmer as the boy was cleaned and checked. He let out sharp cries as he was poked and prodded but was otherwise quiet and alert.
I was literally speechless. Jenn was calm, a bit stunned, but looking surprisingly relaxed given that she was still in the middle of delivering placenta. "A boy?" she kept repeating. Then the weight was announced. 10 pounds 10 ounces. Even the doctor seemed flabbergasted. Later Jenn would say she was also shocked by the number of people in the room. She hadn't been aware of anyone other than myself, the doctor, the nurse, and the doula.
I stood by the warmer holding the boy's hand with my finger and snapping pictures. I was checking to make sure everything was in the right place. 10 toes. 10 fingers etc. It was all there.
Soon Raul Andres' eyes were open and calm. I was anxious to get him to his mother. After a few mintues which stretched like an eternity he was on Jenn's breast for a first feeding. Jenn's mom came in. She had been peeking into the birth and was, I'm afraid a bit traumatized. The baby calmed her. I called my parents and Becky. All were at bedside within thirty minutes.
The family stayed around for about an hour. The whole time, the Raul Andres was calm and alert. Jenn was feeling as well as could be expected. Everyone was happy, a bit dazed, full of emotion,but quiet. Surprisingly no tears were shed. We also exhausted. Soon was time for everyone to go. Jenn was wheeled to her recovery room. The baby was wheeled over to the nursery for some tests.
No private rooms were available so we had to share with a girl who kept the TV on seemingly all day long. After about an hour the baby was returned to us (everything normal) and Jenn and baby finally went to sleep. I was kicked out at around 3:30am. As I walked out of the hospital onto the quiet rainy streets of New York City I certainly didn't feel like a dad yet, but the tug on my heart was strong, and it took everything I had not to try to go up and sneak back into the room with my wife and child. The streets were empty. I didn't have an umbrella but I didn't care. I walked all the way over to my parents place on 5th and 60th full of wordless emotion.
December 8, 2004
Unmistakably...
a boy... a 10 pound 10 ounce, BOY!
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December 8, 2004
day #1
After yesterday's shock and awe. Sleep and eat. Sleep and eat.
December 9, 2004
home from the hospital
I'm preparing a long post with the gritty details...
In the meantime more parent-into-his kid pix:
Answers to 5 frequently asked questions.
Question: What is the name? (alternately do you have a Korean name yet?)
Answer: Raul Andres Min Gutierrez
Re Min: Korean names generally have 1 to 3 syllables (most commonly 2). Each syllable stands for a Chinese character. Most brothers and sisters have the same first syllable... family of Korean kids might have names like Ji-hyon, Ji-ho, Ji-moon. As we had reserved Min-Ok when we thought the baby was a girl, we decided to stick with with Min theme. We played around with several second characters, but liked Min on it's own. It's unusual to have a one character name, but it works for us... sort of like he's the leader of the rest of the Mins to come. There are a couple of characters for Min. We will use the one that means 'clever' over the one that means 'democratic"... not knocking democracy, but we prefer cleverness....
Question: Does the fact that he is a boy when you were told the baby was a girl freak you out or make you sad?
Answer: No. Not at all. It was love at first site. Practically speaking it's a drag to have a closet full of girl stuff and gifts, but we'll save those for our future girl... or they will eventually be re-gifted! We did put lots of thought into a future little girl (just scroll down this blog to read some of the yammering), but we originally thought this kid was a boy and went through the reverse sensation when we were told it was a girl. Also always in the back of my head I thought this was a possibility. In fact just 2 nights ago at a deli a woman told me not to say the baby was a girl with such confidence....
Question: How is Jenn?
Answer: She's doing great... physically she's back on her feet and recovering nicely. Emotionally, she made the transition to momhood seemingly instantly. Practically she's amazing, (how does she know how to do all this baby stuff that vexes me so...)
Question: What are his eyes like?
Answer: In most of the pictures here, his eyes are shut and he looks quite Asian. But when he opens them his eyes are large and with a fold, so they are much more western looking. So he's a real mix. Hard to pin down.
Question: Are you tired?
yes. I'm hanging up now.
December 11, 2004
world of poop
There is an funny dichotomy in the congrats emails from our friends who are parents vs those who aren't... The non-parents tend to say things like "isn't it wonderful" or "are you so happy" whereas virtually all the parents say things like "hang in there" or "pace yourself...it will get easier in a few days".
Well for us it's been both, exhilarating and darned taxing and all the emails have been great. Sorry for the lack of phone calls, we'll need a few days to streamline the operation here...
I'm still working on that blow by blow report of the labor. As a new dad I don't think there are enough nitty gritty labor stories around on the web to refer to to really get a sense of what labor really looks like from the dad's perspective. Thank goodness we took classes at Realbirth. I had a pretty good grasp of the medical realities of birth, but only in a textbook sort of way. The classes did a good job of going through all the various stages as they are actually played out both emotionally and physically. In a way I think that the classes are more helpful for the dads than the moms. The moms are so in their bodies that in the moment of labor they often have the urge to do the right thing somewhat naturally. But as the dad dealing with the doctors/hospitals/etc who sometimes push the moms in directions they don't want to go, it was important to know what was going on, what was normal, and what the options were. In our case knowing those options I believe helped us prevent a c-section.
Believe it or not I don't have a picture today. Must change a diaper. More tomorrow._20<<
December 12, 2004
Kid learns the stinkeye
December 14, 2004
Geminids
Things are finally quieting down around here. The relatives are gone, and we're figuring out a routine. It's just the three of us now. The last week has been intense and things are just now starting to feel normal.
Managing family has been interesting. Jenn's old-school Korean mother for example left a few days ago to return to Philadelphia. Yesterday, I saw her number on caller id.
"Rara," she said, "I have groceries. Are you near 8th Avenue?"
"You're here in New York?" I answered somewhat confused.
"Yeah. No problem. Jenny need meat. So I brought meat. Also she doesn't eat enough soup, so I make her eat seaweed soup. Koreans are weak and must eat lotta soup."
Half an hour later Jenn's mom and 2 aunts showed up, cooked up a storm of Korean dishes, filled our refrigerator to the brim, and then hovered over Jenn watching her eat under pressure. They left as quickly as they came, but I expect they'll be back regularly.
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Tonight was the Geminid meteor shower...with the family asleep downstairs I snuck up un the roof for a bit to catch the show. I got a lucky break in the clouds and was immediately rewarded with several displays over the rooftops of Brooklyn before the obscuring clouds sent me back downstairs. Good stuff. If you are out tonight or tomorrow you should see clusters of shooting stars a few hours before and after midnight. Bundle up, it's cold out there._24<<
15, 2004
two moods
The one week mark passed uneventfully...
December 17, 2004
quiet days, noisy nights
December 20, 2004
first snow
The first snow of the year just started falling (and is falling hard). All our fireplaces are going. The baby is asleep. Things are good.
December 20, 2004
gallic woodsman
I looked at this picture of the baby on the changing table and realized, "We've become what we hate." We're dressing up the kid in bizarre outfits, just like our parents did to us. Hard to believe the little guy has been on this side of the womb for less than 2 weeks.
Jenn's family is set to descend on our house Christmas day. They will be horrified by our Christmas tree. The older Korean family members are strict artificial tree kind of people. A live tree is considered extravagant, wasteful, perhaps even foolish. Last year I told Jenn's mom I was going to buy a live tree for her house like it or not. The modest tree eventually ended up in grandfather's house. All the aunts came around, took a good look, and concluded that plastic trees were more practical and less messy. This tree was huge they said (it was about 5 feet). They tend to prefer tabletop models. At least their plastic trees are green. My grandparents in Mexico always had a silver tree made of hammered tin. It was lit by a little light in the shape of a fan with a rotating red, green, blue and yellow filter...
It was always hot down in Mexico and we would have to pretend it was cold, wearing sweaters until the sweat made the charade unbearable. My brothers favored Christmas music which they played in agonizing loops not seeming to recognize the dissonance of Johnny Mathis singing about Frosty the Snowman when everyone was in shorts barbecuing carne asada out back. Christmases in Texas were not much better, although at least it was often overcast and rainy (we would turn up the air conditioning and light the fireplace). I always dreamed of Christmases... well, like this. Bracingly cold weather. A nice Vermont pine inside. Warm fire. Perhaps as a consequence of all those Christmases, you will rarely hear me complain about cold weather, and I don't think I've ever said a bad word about snow. I wonder if the boy, who will have "real" winters weaved into his life, will get that small rush when looking out into the night to the sight of snowflakes falling through the pool of a street lamp or if he will grumble about the cold and pass the window without notice.
December 23, 2004
Little giant
At his two week checkup today we found the boy has grown over an inch and is now 11 pounds and a couple of ounces. While the doctors keep reassuring us that his current size will have nothing to do with his eventual height, they always seem to chuckle a bit when telling us the news. Also when we ask how his size compares to other kids the answer is always "off the charts"... and again that chuckle. So our fear has been that we have bred a giant. Anecdotal tales have not been helpful. For example today I was talking to a woman from Minnesota. "All our babies our big up there", she said, "I had an 11 pounder myself... but then again, he's 6 foot 5 now."
December 24, 2004
night out
December 25, 2004
silent night
Just the three of us here on a quiet Christmas Eve. All's well. Merry Christmas everyone.
De.
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December 27, 2004
snowy monday
Over an inch fell last night. This morning we wake to the sound of snow shovels all across the neighborhood...
December 28, 2004
a year ago today...
...we had just landed in Rome...
exhausted and disheveled from the long flight, but happy as pie...
De."
December 30, 2004
crying babies
Several of my friends had babies within a month of us... and it seems that right now we are all dealing with a period of newborn development that happens between 2 and 6 weeks called the adaptive stage in which they fuss often, cry loudly, and are hard to put to sleep. The only thing that soothes the child is his mom. So what to do. In our case we have been going through a small library of books and asking friends with older kids for advice. But frustratingly the books (and our friends) have a range of suggestions often contrary to one another. On one end of the spectrum you have those who say that you should stop jumping ever time the baby cries, establish a routine stick to it, and let the baby cry it out; at the other end you have those who say the baby wants what it wants and for now your job is to fulfill those needs as much as possible. Particularly troublesome for us and most of our friends is the child's tendency to snack... ie to have small feeds and fall asleep at the boob only to wake and appear to be hungry 45 minutes later only to have another tiny snack. The snacking seems to leave the baby more gassy than when he has a big spaced out feeds (and of course the gas leads to more crying). This is particularly hard on the wives who barely have a moment for themselves.
These are the general solutions suggested both by friends and in the books:
Method 1: Don't "reward" the baby for crying by running to him each time he gets hysterical. Establish a fairly strict routine of sleep and feeding with at least 3 hours between feeds. Hold and comfort the baby only when he is not crying, and otherwise let him cry it out. Train the baby, don't let him train you.
Method 2: Map your babies habits fairly rigorously and establish a flexible routine based on his needs. Try to space out feedings as much as possible but don't let the boy get to the shrieking level. The baby is probably using the boob for comfort because he is over-stimulated. A good portion of his crying is not because he's hungry, but because he's tired. Try to get him to sleep much more than you are doing by limiting stimuli, putting him in a darkened room with some white noise. Also limit visitors and trips out. Try wrapping him tightly and allowing him to calm down before the crying gets into the crazy phase. Try having him sleep in a bassinet. Also make sure to put him down before he starts fussing and try soothing him to sleep in the crib (as opposed to in your arms rocking and stimulating him). The more he sleeps the less he will cry and more time you will have between feedings.
Method 3. The baby is in the 4th trimester. It's not even really human yet and in survival mode. It's brain is only 20% functional and what you need to do is simulate the womb environment where he is rocked, fed, warm and comfortable all the time. If he wants the boob, give him the boob. If he wants to feed for 10 minutes let him feed for 10 minutes. The child doesn't understand cause and effect yet. Comfort him by simulating the womb with gentle rocking, by swaddling tightly, and by using white noise. Just know that this phase will end in about 6 weeks and then you can start establishing routines.
#1 doesn't work for us. Neither of us has the ability to just let the kid cry. Also from what I understand about newborn development they don't understand causality so any Pavlovian training you might achieve might also leave the kid with a sense that world isn't secure... I understand why this technique might work later but for newborns...well, not for ours.
Method #2 makes the most sense to me, and I do believe newborns are generally overstimulated (all those new nerve endings are firing at once). Jenn tends towards Method #3 and that's generally what we've been doing, but we're being flexible in trying to figure things out. Ultimately #3 does work for us. The baby does calm down when he feeds and does sleep in Jenn's arms. But the burden is all on Jenn. Other than taking the baby out for stroller rides (which put him right to sleep), method 3 is very mom-centric.
In the meantime. I've created this handy chart for tracking sleep/wake/diaper. In the sleep column I just X out the blocks where he's asleep and use a A for agitated. C for crying. Q for quiet. L for Alert. G for hysterical. In the Feed column I draw boobs with numbers in them for the number of minutes on each. You can probably figure out the diaper column on your own. The chart really helps you get a sense of what's going on and where you might be able to tweak things. For example yesterday we realized the baby had gone almost 7 hours without a decent sleep. That's bad news for a newborn.
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Update on the previous post.
Peter's body was not identified, but might have been one of the ones found and quickly buried on Wednesday (there were few foreigners in Kahawa). Peter's wife Alva is apparently on a flight scheduled for later this week and is staying with friends near Colombo. The house was seriously damaged and later looted. Alva is considering leaving Sri Lanka permanently. I have heard all this 2nd hand, so I can't vouch for the accuracy of the information. The family will probably set up some sort of of charity based fund in Peter's name. I'll admit I've been thinking about this all day...
December 30, 2004
our boy and his good friends washer and dryer
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The content of Shadow Energy Secretary Meg Hillier’s speech to Conference this week was not exactly unfamiliar; those who watched Chris Huhne’s effort last week could have been forgiven for experiencing a little déjà vu. Like the Energy Secretary, Ms Hillier committed Labour to ensuring that green investment is a focus for rebuilding the economy. She also mimicked the man himself by promising policies intended to increase competitiveness in the energy sector.
But any Shadow Minister worth his or her salt will want to draw hard and fast distinctions between Opposition and the Department under scrutiny. So whilst Ms Hillier praised the achievements of DECC under the last Labour administration (coincidentally when her boss, Ed Miliband, was in charge), saying Britain had signed up to the “toughest carbon reduction targets in the world” and been transformed into a world leader in the fight against climate change, she was far less complimentary about the Department’s record under the current Coalition, calling it the “laughing stock of Whitehall”.
That Shadow Ministers are prone to exaggerated criticism of Government is not exactly news. But to single out DECC seems unfair: unlike other Departments it has not brought been forced to climb down from ill-conceived plans to sell off state-owned forestry, nor mishandled controversial reforms of the NHS. However, the Opposition clearly feels there are political gains to be made from shining a light on this part of government. So let’s briefly examine DECC’s record over the past year.
Let’s start at the top: there can be little doubt that the Department has been distracted by the constant media coverage of its Secretary of State’s private life. But in policy-making it has not all been plain sailing either.
The Green Investment Bank, the centerpiece of the Coalition’s green agenda, spent longer than expected in gestation due to disagreement between DECC and the Treasury over what powers the bank should have. The eventual compromise reached means that the bank will only have the power to borrow from 2015 onwards – too late, according to many. The £1 billion initial investment allotted to the bank was also a source of disappointment to some green campaigners.
And the promise to be the “greenest government ever” has been undermined by the decision to cut public funding for the Carbon Trust, the government’s leading low-carbon agency, which caused the cancellation of grants to research into biofuels. The coalition’s plans to make all new homes “zero carbon” by 2016 have also stalled, as have those for a national charging network for electric cars, with costs proving to be the stumbling block. And investors say the government’s changes to the solar PV feed-in tariff have pulled the rug out from under the market.
Yet DECC has also made significant progress over the past 12 months. The Green Deal made quick progress through Parliament and is a positive step in the right direction as it will see billions of pounds lent every year to create new jobs and accelerate Britain’s transition towards more energy-efficient homes. The Renewable Heat Incentive, the first scheme of its kind anywhere in the world, is ready to deliver £860 million of government funding. And despite the scale of policy change proposed, the Department delivered electricity market reform proposals more or less on time, and without major deviation from the plans that Ministers set out in opposition.
Perhaps most significantly, the Department saw its way through the tricky coalition politics of steering the Nuclear National Policy Statement through the House of Commons, allowing the Liberal Democrats to abstain, whilst Chris Huhne and Conservative MPs voted in favour.
So on balance DECC does not exactly look like a “laughing stock”. But its challenges have really only just begun. The EMR proposals were delivered quickly but they still lack detail and some in the industry warn that such massive change to the market could have serious unintended consequences. And if the Department gets that wrong, then it will be no laughing matter. | http://www.mhpc.com/blog/laughing-stock-whitehall/ | 2013-05-18T11:02:10 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Fashion Student's Project Turns into Business
Miami native Ashley Amrich launches Helen Betty line
4/23/2012
South Florida native Ashley Amrich has always been drawn to ocean life. The patterns on the fish and corals caught her eye so much she imagined they would make for perfect prints on fabric. So during her last semester at Miami International University of Art and Design, Amrich, 28, decided to do just that. She used everything her grandmothers Helen and Betty taught her about sewing, pattern making and fashion into a full on collection aptly called Helen Betty.
Her class project not only earned her a good grade, but it turned into a business 3 months ago. Today, Amrich sells her swim and resort wear online. There’s everything from bikinis to full pieces to frocks to pants and leggings which all feature antibacterial fabrics and UV protection. The line starts at $55 up to $120. Check out: | http://www.miami.com/fashion-student039s-project-turns-business-article | 2013-05-18T10:43:06 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Nanette Lepore
In town to preview her Spring 2012 collection, we speak with designer Nanette Lepore.
Meet Nanette Lepore
Friday, November 18 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Nanette Lepore Bal Harbour Shops, 9700 Collins Avenue, Bal Harbour
11/17/2011
Whimsical, feminine and flirty — all are synonymous with designer Nanette Lepore’s creations. In town to preview her Spring 2012 collection at her Bal Harbour Shops boutique, we rub elbows with the fashion darling.
Welcome to Miami! What do you love most about the Magic City? I love coming to Miami for a weekend getaway with my family. We have a blast walking to shops, drinking milkshakes on the beach, playing parlor games at The Raleigh, and having dinner under the stars.
Love the neons and tangerines for Spring 2012. What is the story behind this particularly peppy collection? Spring 2012 is all about taking those feminine silhouettes and full skirts and giving them a jolt of electricity with neon brights and athletic spunk.
Where did you draw inspiration from when crafting the line? Originally, I was inspired by Cybill Shepherd’s style in The Last Picture Show. Then when I went to the Venice Biennale, I saw these incredible Olympic athletes and knew I wanted to infuse my collection with some of their vibrant energy.
When designing, do you have a ritual — like certain music, incense or candles burning? Traveling is what inspires me the most. I’m so excited to be in Miami to find some fresh ideas. I also visit Venice, Florence, London, and Paris every year, though I’m always looking forward to exploring new places. My last big adventure was Istanbul.
How would you describe your personal style? I love to wake up in the morning, go into my closet and see how I feel that day. I like to keep recreating my personal style.
If you had to wear one color for the rest of your life, what color would it be? Florescent orange — so I’m always glowing!
When in Miami, where do you like to shop? The flea market on Lincoln Road
Fave restaurant in Miami? Michael’s because my daughter loves the homemade soda!
Will you be coming back for Art Basel? I won’t make it this year but hopefully next!
NANETTE SAYS...
Travel spot: Italy
Vice: See’s Candies
BlackBerry or iPhone: Both
Fragrance: nanette by Nanette Lepore
Handbag: Neon
Shoe designer: Calleen Cordero
Musician: Astrud Gilberto
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Haitisothes wasnt satisfied with the pace of progress.
We are not getting the results that Canadians have a right to expect, said Fantino, who visited Haiti in November where he met with President Michel Martelly.
Lamothe did not address Fantinosinositis donors.
But just days after Christmas, the U.S. government made its own headlines when it warned against travel to Haiti.
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Working from home, hundreds of miles away from your boss, may sound like a perk, but that’s not always the case.
Ken Condren remembers the moment when he experienced the frustration his remote employees face. He was working from home, participating in a conference call and heard a side conversation going on, but had no idea what was being said. “I felt so out of the loop,” Condren recalls.
Today, businesses want the talent they want – and are more willing to hire or retain someone to fill a job even if they live or move thousands of miles away. Yet even with a great number of employees working remotely, nobody wants to be that guy who doesn’t get the inside joke during a conference call.
When the success of a team depends on the people, and all the people are scattered, it’s the manager who must make sure relationships stay vital and productivity high. Getting the most out of remote workers takes a manager who knows how to motivate and communicate from a distance. “Virtual workers still need a personal connection,” says strategic business futurist Joyce Goia, president of The Herman Group. “They want camaraderie and to feel like they are part of a team.”
More managers are using technologies such as videoconferencing, instant messenger and other collaborative software to help make remote workers feel like they are “there” in the office. Not being able to speak face-to-face can quickly be solved with Skype, Face Time or simple VoIP systems.
Condren, vice president of technology at C3/CustomerContactChan-
nels in Plantation, uses Microsoft Lync to connect virtually with a team spread across geographies and time zones. Employees see a green light on their screen when a colleague is available, signaling it’s a good time to video chat or instant message. Instead of meeting in physical conference rooms, team members get together in a virtual work room where they can hold side conversations during conference calls or meet in advance to prepare for the call. “You lose the visibility of waving hands during an in person meeting, but we can build that with virtual workspaces.”
Beyond that, Condren says he holds weekly video conference calls with his staff to help his remote workers become better team players. He also sets aside 45 minutes to an hour each week to check in with his remote workers. “It’s a little extra effort to make sure they are giving me the updates that happen casually in the office.”
Condren says adapting to a virtual workforce has allowed him to hire talent in any geographic market with the skill set he wants. And he has been able to hire them at competitive salaries.
In the current economy, such flexibility can be critical for a company looking to attract top talent. CareerBuilder’s Jennifer Grasz says the recession has created a less transient workforce, making it difficult for workers to sell their homes and relocate. “Employers are turning to remote work opportunities to navigate the skills deficit.”
Even from a distance, managers say there are ways to hone in on remote workers who are having problems. Billie Williamson managed virtual teams as a partner for Ernst & Young and would focus on the tone of someone’s voice during a group conference call. She would even listen for silences. “Silence can mean consent, or it can mean the person you’re not hearing disagrees or is disengaged.” If she sensed a team member was lacking engagement, she would follow up immediately. | http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/20/3243445/remote-employees-require-care.html | 2013-05-18T10:44:22 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Poor Dean Grandin. He was simply trying to do his job. As the City of Miami Beach's planning and zoning director, he has one of those unglamorous, thankless posts deep inside the gray factory of municipal government. Important? By all means. He is responsible for enforcing the city's zoning ordinance. He decides which buildings will be allowed to be constructed and which will never make it off the drawing board. But for Grandin there are no ribbons to cut, no fancy charity balls to attend.
Then again, Grandin is known as the kind of guy who just does his job and doesn't look for trouble. An "unclassified" city employee who serves at the will of the city manager, he's regarded by peers as a competent urban planner who, when it comes to zoning decisions, calls them like he sees them. And it was no different last August when plans came across his desk for two high-rise condominium projects in the South Pointe neighborhood below Fifth Street. Grandin tapped away at his calculator and concluded that the designs violated the city's zoning laws. The buildings were too big for the parcels of land on which they were to be built, and the plans would have to be redrawn.
The next thing Grandin knew, his decision was under siege by one very angry developer and was being carefully scrutinized by his superiors, including City Manager Roger Carlton, even though the Miami Beach City Code grants the planning and zoning director semi-autonomous powers. (According to the code, Grandin's interpretations of the zoning ordinance are subject to review by administrative boards and the civil courts, not by the city manager or the city commission.) But that was only only the beginning. In the next few months, this seemingly straightforward zoning matter escalated into a heated debate among top-level city officials concerning the balance of power at city hall. Propelled by a series of often-testy memoranda and punctuated by the thud of colliding egos, the dispute eventually centered on the question of whether Carlton had overstepped his bounds and inappropriately meddled in a zoning matter outside his purview.
The original matter concerned a proposed high-end residential development designed by the well-known Miami architecture firm Arquitectonica and developed by real estate investor Micky Biss. The $20 million project, Biss's first as a developer, consists of two condominiums, one eighteen-story tower on Washington Avenue and one 21-story tower on Ocean Drive, both between First and Second streets.
The project is one of several multimillion-dollar developments planned for the southern tip of Miami Beach, which has lagged far behing the rest of the city on the development curve and for years has been an area of critical concern among city officials. In addition to the various commercial and residential projects currently under way, the city has hired the prominent architectural firm Duany Plater-Zyberk to create design guidelines for South Pointe.
The plans for the Biss high-rises came before Grandin for review, and he ruled that the buildings exceeded the city's prescribed "floor-area" ratios. Biss, though, disagreed and argued that Grandin had miscalculated the total floor area of the structures.
Within a few weeks, Biss took his complaint directly to Carlton, who says he occasionally listens to the concerns of citizens, including developers, "to ensure that the process of government is carried out in accordance with the law and done in the most efficient way possible." About the same time, Grandin's immediate supervisor, Harry Mavrogenes, approached Chief Deputy City Attorney John Dellagloria to inquire whether Grandin's opinion could be "overruled," according to Dellagloria. The attorney said no. Interpretation of the zoning code is the sole province of the planning and zoning director. If Biss had a problem with Grandin's ruling, Dellagloria said, he could appeal to the Miami Beach Zoning Board of Adjustment. No other city official had the power to change it.
Mavrogenes and Carlton, both jointly and independently, met with Grandin to talk about the matter. Carlton says he was simply inquiring about the zoning decision and didn't seek to change it. "The discussion related to why [Grandin] was taking the position that he was," Carlton explains. "I needed to understand it because Micky Biss had come to me to complain about the decision." Carlton says he then suggested to Biss that the developer might want to get outside zoning experts to comment on the matter. (Grandin says he wasn't interested in a legal opinion but was willing to consider any case law relating to a similar zoning situation if Biss could find it. If a legal issue arose, Grandin says, he was prepared to refer the matter to the city attorney's office.) So Biss hired two prominent Miami zoning attorneys to advocate his position: Carter McDowell and Lester Goldstein, both from the influential law firm Fine Jacobson. (Goldstein once acted as Carlton's attorney on a private matter several years ago, but Carlton says he didn't specifically suggest that Biss call Goldstein.) On October 13, the attorneys sent to Carlton their conclusions explaining why they thought Grandin had erred in his decision.
If all of this seemed slightly unusual, it would only get more so. Five days later, in a letter to McDowell and Goldstein that ignited the war of the memos, Dellagloria accused the attorneys of possibly violating one of the rules that governs the Florida Bar. According to the rule, lawyers from opposing sides of a legal dispute may communicate only with each other, not directly with the opposition's client without the presence of their attorneys. (In this case, the City of Miami Beach, in the person of Carlton, was the client.) "While I am more than impressed with your thorough and exhaustive review of our zoning code as it pertains to the knotty legal issue which is the subject of your letter," Dellagloria huffed in the letter, "you have, amazingly enough, overlooked some simpler provisions regarding the proper procedure for addressing your concerns."
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*Vincent Morrissey's police brutality lawsuit went to trial in New Haven, Connecticut, in December. Ofcr. Ralph Angelo took the witness stand and claimed that Morrissey had provoked the encounter by swinging at him. Morrissey's attorney, skeptical of the testimony, asked Angelo to demonstrate to the jury how hard Morrissey had swung. Before the lawyer could clarify what he meant by "demonstrate," Angelo popped the lawyer on the chin, forcing an immediate recess.
*The show business newspaper Daily Variety reported in December that John Kricfalusi, creator of TV's The Ren & Stimpy Show, was threatening legal action against the producers of the Comedy Central show South Park for ripping off a cartoon character. According to Kricfalusi, his character "Nutty the Friendly Dump," an animated piece of excrement, must have been the basis for South Park's "Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo," a singing and dancing piece of excrement.
Not My Fault
*Dallas Monsignor Robert Rehkemper resigned in August after a $120 million jury award against the diocese for the apparently serial acts of pedophilia committed by one of its priests. Rehkemper still thinks the incidents weren't entirely the fault of the priest or the diocese: "I don't want to judge [the parents] one way or another, but it doesn't appear they were very concerned about their kids." He also opined that once a boy reaches age six or seven, he should know that sex with a priest is wrong and should report such offenses.
*TV personality Jenny McCarthy, on how her nude photos as a Playboy Playmate were made: She was walking around Chicago, she told reporters in August, intending to be a model. "And I went, 'Jenny, no, no.' All of a sudden my body started walking there [to Playboy]. That's exactly what happened. A larger force, and I call it destiny, brought me in the door, moved my mouth, took the robe off, and did it."
Chutzpah
*To help the government's case against him, accused bus firebomber Saber Abu el-Ulla played himself in a prosecutor's video re-enactment of the crime in Cairo in September. A jovial el-Ulla acted out all the sequences, including firing at the passengers and hurling three Molotov cocktails down the aisle of the bus. Said a clearly pleased el-Ulla: "I have always wanted to be an actor."
*Welsh welfare couple Shaun and Julie Doran complained to reporters in November that the free house built for them by the government was "too white" and therefore too difficult to keep clean. The Dorans and their nine children were given the $200,000 house near Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, plus about $450 a week in welfare benefits. Mrs. Doran complained, "White everything. It's driving me mad."
No Longer Weird
*Adding to the stories that were formerly weird but that now occur with such frequency that they must be retired from circulation: (23) the emphysema patient who just can't stop smoking even though hooked up to an oxygen tank, with predictable results, as happened to Robert Auger of Bridgeport, Connecticut, in November; and (24) the gasoline thieves working in the dark who believe the best way to illuminate an area is with a match or lighter, with similarly predictable results, as happened to Timothy D. Compton, age eighteen, in Glenoma, Washington, in November.
-- By Chuck Shepherd
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next morning we sat with 72-year-old Lois Saldana, who says Harris used to come home once a year, but the last time she saw him was in 1996, when he came for the funeral of original Soul Stirrer Silas Roy Crain.
DeBose had a plumbing job to get to, so he steered me in the direction of 79-year-old Tom Rogers, whose mother was Rebert's first cousin. Rogers didn't know that Harris had just died, eleven years at seven years.
On the way to Trinity, I had started to question my obsession with Harris. Was my appreciation spiked by the sense of discovery? Did my mission to tell as many people as possible about this great singer make his notes all the sweeter in my mind? Was he merely a secret I was bursting to tell? Or was Rebert Harris really that good?
The answer to all those questions is, simply, yes. This moment of clarity came just before I left Trinity. I decided to visit the Harris Chapel one more time. I sat in my car outside that simple, white, boxlike church and listened to Rebert Harris sing on my CD player. God, what a marvelous voice, so pure and clean and filled with passion. In my mind, the chapel doors outside my window opened to reveal a little boy standing on a chair so he could be as tall as his fellow singers. His voice, like those of the mockingbirds, was effortless in its leap from the soul. “We'll understand it better by and by.”
Two months earlier I sat in another car, listening to a different version of Rebert Harris's voice on my cell phone. I was a block away from his home on the West Side of Chicago, just calling to let him know I'd be at his front door in minutes. But Rebert said on the advice of his lawyer he'd changed his mind about doing the interview.
“People are making all this money offa me, and I don't see a cent,” he said. “You could turn around and write a book, and I wouldn't get nothin'.” He tried to shake me down for money, saying the Chicago Tribune paid him a little something for an interview (untrue). When it became apparent that he wouldn't budge, I told him that since I was in the neighborhood, I just wanted to shake his hand and thank him in person for all the great music, then I'd be on my way.
“Well, all right then, I'll see ya for a minute,” he said. His wife met me at the door and led me inside a dark, ornately decorated house. A plastic trail on the carpet led us to a back room, where Harris rose from a chair with much effort and the aid of a walker to shake my hand. I gushed for a few moments, then he sat down and gestured for me to sit. A little shell-shocked from his initial refusal to talk during our earlier phone conversation, I left my tape recorder in the car, but it didn't matter. The information was invalidated by several contradictions, which may have been intentional, to throw off the nosy stranger. When I asked him how much he taught Cooke, he refuted decades of liner notes and gospel anthologies by saying Cooke already had his own style before joining the Soul Stirrers. I got the feeling that Harris had decided to not give me any useful quotes and instead showed me fan mail from as far away as Japan and described pictures on his wall. Or maybe he had finally made peace with his past.
Family photos dominate one wall. Facing it is a wall containing Soul Stirrers memorabilia, including a newspaper article announcing the group's 1989 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. When I asked him with whom I should speak in Trinity about the Soul Stirrers, he said, “I'm the only one who knows the real story.”
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Sorry, but the truth is yes -- inyour neighborhood: As a Hispanic, my attention was drawn to Humberto Guida's article "The Preppie Pot Papers" (October 24) because Cubans were named as dope dealers. I wanted to read what this Humberto Guida had to say.I attended a private school and saw how upper-middle-class guys got into dealing drugs. It isn't out of the ordinary to see this in any number of hangout places. Maybe police want to be blinded and not enforce the law in Miami's "good" neighborhoods because rich kids don't fit the image of drug dealers. Instead they go after stereotypical drug dealers in areas like Hialeah, Little Havana, Liberty City, and Little Managua, which are known by police to be centers of drug dealers.
We might be blinded to the truth, but every day more and more kids are getting involved in the risky business of drugs. By reporting the dramatic truth, Humberto Guida has taken off the blindfolds for Miami-Dade's upper middle class.
I followed the straight and narrow, and now I'm paying the price: Who's the stupid one? Humberto Guida's article on juvenile drug dealers put life into perspective for me. I've always been one to do my best in school, taking the hardest courses, joining the honor society, and often sacrificing parties, relationships, popularity, and extracurricular activities in order to get good grades.Not only did I study hard in high school and college, but I worked long hours, nights and weekends, hoping and praying I'd be worthy of a promotion -- or at least able to keep my job with its measly pay and poor benefits.
After college, ten years of experience, and countless thousands of hours of personal time sacrificed out of loyalty to "the corporation," I found myself unemployed thanks to the information-technology bust.
What I would give to have the hours and pay the dealer "Razzmatazz" enjoys. Prick.
Kendall
We all have a "Razzmatazz" in our past: Wow, I was really impressed by how on-point Humberto Guida was in "The Preppie Pot Papers." We all have our own version of "Razz," and at the same time we're familiar with the "Razz" of this story. I also want to add that not only did the article have real appeal, it included interesting statistics and everyday facts of events past and present. As a member of the graduating class of 1997 (not Belén, obviously; I'm a chick), I want to congratulate Humberto on an article well written and, best of all, worth reading all the way through.
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But ended up quite amused:I began reading "The Preppie Pot Papers" wanting to hate both the story and the writer because the subheadline mentioned "Cuban" dope dealers: "J. Crew models? Or young Cuban dope dealers?" (I'm Cuban.) But the more I read, the more I found myself getting into the story and realizing that the writer not only told the truth but did so in a funny and interesting way. I hope to see more articles from Humberto Guida.
Some of those guys were recognizable: I was getting coffee on my way to work this morning and saw Humberto Guida's article "The Preppie Pot Papers." It was great! I don't know how he managed to depict everything so clearly (at least how I remember it from high school) and yet keep some sort of anonymity for the people involved -- although some of those people seem pretty familiar.
Coral Gables
Surely this was a joke newcomers just didn't get: Congratulations to Brett Sokol and "Kulchur" for making reference to WLRN-FM's "mind-numbing talk-show host Joseph Cooper" ("Kafka in a Guayabera," September 19). Being new to the area but a devoted public-radio listener, I thought I was in a time warp or something. Was I the only person who could hear how boring Cooper is? Now I know I'm not alone.Has WLRN's station manager had his brain's synapses scorched and therefore can't hear how boring Cooper is? Or does he simply avoid the issue by going to lunch when Cooper is on the air?
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We in the theater know the value of mutual aid: While I was on vacation, Ronald Mangravite's article "Critic's Notebook" was published by New Times (August 8). I know it's been more than two months, but having just found this article on your Website (and in response to the author's call for feedback), here are a couple of thoughts.Ron is partially right about a lot of things he says, totally right about a few of them, and dead wrong about a couple. It would take a letter the length of his article for me to provide more specifics, but two things: New Theatre, the company my wife and I founded in 1986 and which has just entered its seventeenth season, is alive and well, along with quite a few other theaters that were around back in 1986. It has been a bumpy road these few years: funding cutbacks, imbeciles posing as theater critics, fickle audiences, audience dumbing-down, audience attrition, bad economy, talent drain, Hurricane Andrew -- the works.
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Were in the dog days, when theres a whole lotta nothing happening at our favorite watering holes. We dont know about you, but around this time of year, the prospect of outdoor fun sounds ghastly. When its hot and icky, we prefer indoor entertainment. And lucky us, theres a slew of new theatrical performances taking place, so we can chill in air-conditioned bliss while we get a much-needed dose of class and culture. First up is the 13th annual Summer Shorts festival, which takes over the Arsht Center (1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami) from May 31 through June 22. The yearly short-play fest continues to offer its Signature Shorts program, but this year we also get Shorts 4 Kids miniplays for little ones with fleeting attention spans and Undershorts, a late-night selection of provocative plays for the grown folks. Call 305-949-6722, or visit for ticket information.
At the Miami Science Museum (3280 S. Miami Ave., Miami), the annual Lavender Footlights Festival is featuring a full slate of theater targeted toward the GLBT community. With short plays titled Bush Hates Flags, Just Sex (Jazz Hands), and A Little Experimenting, it sounds like a little titillation might be in order for our Saturday evening. It begins at 6 p.m. with The Lost Art of Conversation, a dramedy about love, family, and interracial relationships. The first show will be followed by a cocktail reception at 7:45. Call 305-433-8111, or visit.
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In Hanley's head, it's always 1999.Hanley Ramirez showed up at the Mets' Citi Field last night with a splotchy reddish dye job that made him look like the deranged love child of Sisqo and Ronald McDonald. But he had four hits in the Marlins' win, so we're guessing he'll stay with the look.
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Florida Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria and team president Dave Samson have been exposed for the treacherous, no good, low down, lying dogs they are. Sports blog Deadspin got a hold of the Marlins' financial information which shows the team turned a profit the last two years and that the team could h ... >> >>
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Even after delivering a 10-4 win against the Baltimore Orioles last night, the Marlins have announced that they've fired manager Fredi Gonzalez and two other coaches: bench coach Carlos Tosca and hitting coach Jim Presley."It is never easy to make a change in managers. Fredi has been with ou ... >> ... >>
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Cocoa Holder
Material List
- Aleene's "Tacky" Glue®
- Blunt Scissors
- Pencil
- Creatology™ Foam Sheet - Red
- Creatology™ Foam Sheet - White
- Crayola® Glitter Glue
- Creatology™ Foam Markers
Developmental Skills
- Fine Motor
- Visual/Spatial
- Social/Emotional
Project Instructions
Ask an adult to print off the mug pattern and cut out.
Use a pencil to trace the pattern onto red foam twice and cut out two mugs.
Trace only the middle portion of the mug onto white foam and cut out as shown.
Layer the mugs on top of each other. Glue the edges together along the sides and bottom, leaving the top open enough to slide in your special treat. Glue the white pieces onto the mug as shown.
Personalize the mug with foam markers as desired.
Decorate the mug with glitter glue as desired. Let dry.
Tips
Use a pencil first when personalizing your mug to prevent any possible mistakes.
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Ladybug Critter Hello Card
We used colored pencils, but any media can be used to color these adorable bugs, even crayons as a kid's project.
Designed by Krissy Fossmeyer, courtesy of Stampendous®.
Material List
- Stampendous® Stamp - Ladybug Critter
- Stampendous® Perfectly Clear™ Stamps - Happy Messages
- Recollections™ Cardstock - White and Black
- Bazzill® Basics Cardstock - Ruby Slipper
- Tsukineko® Memento™ Ink - Tuxedo Black
- Prismacolor® Pencils
- Paper Trimmer
- Recollections™ Tape Runner
Project Instructions
Fold a 5 ½"x8"x ½" panel of red cardstock in half to form card base.
Cut black cardstock to 5 ¼"x4" panel. Set aside.
Stamp ladybug image three times in black ink on 5-1/8"x3-7/8" white panel.
Color as desired.
Using black ink, stamp sentiment under ladybugs.
Adhere white panel to black panel and then black panel to card front using tape runner. | http://www.michaels.com/Ladybug-Critter-Hello-Card/31116,default,pd.html?start=19&cgid=projects-scrapbooking-cards&prefn1=craftTime&prefv1=30%7C0_30 | 2013-05-18T10:12:45 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Merry Christmas Banner
Craft this Merry Christmas banner from glittered letters and pre-cut wooden snowflake shapes.
Craft Time: 30-60 minutes
Uses Recycled Items: No
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Material List
- Glitter Letters to spell merry Christmas
- Laser cut snowflakes in assorted styles
- Twine
- Hot Glue
Project Instructions
- Paint snowflakes. Let dry
- Arrange for spacing then assemble with hot glue.
- Affix snowflakes to twine with hot glue
- If desired, wrap sheer ribbon around twine foradded texture. | http://www.michaels.com/Merry-Christmas-Banner/32291,default,pd.html?start=39&cgid=projects-seasonsandcelebrations-christmas | 2013-05-18T10:31:30 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Tulip® Body Art™ Sports Fanatic Face Paint Kit
Item# gc1712
Cheer for your favorite team with Tulip® Body Art Sports Fanatic Face Paint Kit.
Kit Includes:
- 5 Body Art Paint Pots
- 4 Body Art Glitter Pots
- 8 Body Art Stencils
- Rhinestones
- Adhesive
- 2 Body Art Paint Brushes
- 2 Body Art Glitter Brushes
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“A date with my character(s)” contest winners
First of all, thank you so much to everyone who took the time to write and send me a contest entry telling me which of my characters you’d like to get to know better for a chance to win a signed ARC of THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC. I had so much fun reading about your dates with various characters. I really, really wish I had enough ARCs to give to everyone since you all deserve it, but alas, I only have three for this contest.
The entries I’ve chosen as my winners (in no particular order) are as follows — and the authors have already been notified by email that they have won…..
Winner #1: Andrew L.
**SPOILER WARNING if you haven’t read SOMETHING WICKED**
While you have written some very hot female leads, if I could pick a character of yours to go out with I’d have to go with Lucas, from the living in eden series, because even though I’m a guy and straight as an arrow, I mean, come on it’s the beast, the fallen angel, the price of darkness, evil incarnate! He’d have some of the best stories ever and I’d be willing to bet he knows how to pick up chicks.
I could beat anyone in the world in a “I had diner with…” story. I could go to a big fancy party with fancy food and five types of dinner forks and they’d be saying stuff like “oh, I had dinner with the mayor” and “well, I had dinner with the governor.” And I’d be like “oh yeah? Well I had dinner and a movie with the prince of darkness.”
Since I live in LA, there are parts of the city I stay away from, but if I was with Lucas I think I’d be pretty safe, he is the lord of darkness after all, no one messes with the prince of darkness. Plus if I get on his good side and I end up going to hell I know I’ll be taken care of. but where would we go? Well I do know this amazing little BBQ place they make a burger that’s so good it’s a sin (pun defiantly intended) and i think we’d go to a movie maybe, or a show! Then again, I am with Lucifer, so I think I could do whatever the hell we want. As for how he’d act, i’d imagine he’d be pretty nice, unless his alter ego takes over, but provided that does not happen I think we’d have fun! Sometimes I worry about myself.
Michelle: I loved that someone picked Lucas. He is a big favorite of mine and I think he’d be a hell of a date. Literally. And he definitely plays an important part in THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC.
You don’t make it easy, giving us so many boys to choose from. But of them all, I think I’d have to pick Darrak.
He’s hot.
He’s got a sense of humour.
He knows how to have a good time.
And did I mention he’s hot?
As for the date itself, no ordinary dinner and a movie for Darrak. I’m thinking a moonlit picnic on a grassy riverbank (cause sand gets in uncomfortable places), followed by a stroll by the river. There’d have to be a shadowed forest, and he’d take my hand to help me over the uneven ground and forget to let go. All that romance would need a little leavening however, so after that, we’d do something wild to get the adrenaline racing. Something like a fast drive on a narrow ocean side road.
After all that, we’d need to wind down. I mean, how can you sleep with all that adrenaline jacking you up? I won’t go into details about how we’d relax but….
He’s got to be a demon in the sack.
Michelle: Agreed on all counts. Darrak’s the most fun character I’ve ever written. Hot and funny as hell. What more could a girl ask for? Also, Eden does agree with the last line however she says to “get your hands off her demon.”
Winner #3: Toni L.
**SPOILER WARNING if you haven’t read Stakes & Stilettos and/or Tall Dark & Fangsome**
Are you kidding? Thierry, of course. Why? Because he’s a hot, sexy, slightly (slightly????) introverted vampire that needs a good old fashioned gal to fire up his juices. What would we do? Well, first we’d attend the local DRACULA festival, where he could explain (in his cute French accent) the differences between breeds of vampires and why DRACULA is so NOT representative of the modern vampire. Then we’d go to a nearby French café where over coffee and some delightful pastry he could regale me with tales of life two centuries ago, and his adventures as the Red Devil. Last but not least, we’d dance the night away at a local dance club because, as George Hamilton said in LOVE AT FIRST BITE, ‘I like the nightlife, I like to boogie”. And Boogie we would, right back to my apartment, where my four cats would no doubt turn tail and run at first gander at him. But then, with the soft music playing in the background, we’d do seductive strip-teases for each other and let our fingers (and lips and teeth) do the walking…..
Michelle: Sarah would not be happy with this entry, but I enjoyed it.
I adore Thierry. I know it took some readers a while to warm up to him given his…um…reserved nature. I can’t wait for BLOOD BATH & BEYOND to come out so readers see more from him now that he’s opened up a bit more. Although…he’s definitely still reserved and incapable of telling a decent knock-knock joke. Can’t teach an old vampire too many new tricks.
Again, THANK YOU to all the entrants and CONGRATS to my winners!!! | http://www.michellerowen.com/category/contest-results/ | 2013-05-18T10:40:13 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Several ideas from Michiganders changed everything: Google, the iPod, the light bulb, the assembly line, motion pictures - even the modern corporation. Do you have a great idea? We can help.
Looking for Great Ideas? Learn some of the latest great business ideas from Michiganders (courtesy Crain’s Detroit Business). More examples of great ideas from Michiganders:
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Sidney Herald
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U.S. Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester, D-Mont., are urging Amtrak to increase capacity on the Empire Builder to help energy-impacted communities take full advantage of the Bakken oil and gas boom.“We are hearing from our constituents that Amtrak passenger capacity for Montanans, tourists and other passengers trying to travel through eastern Montana and western North Dakota can be ‘extremely limited.’ The swell of demand for travel into and out of the Bakken region must be addressed,” Baucus and Tester wrote in a letter to Amtrak President and CEO Joseph Boardman. “Reliable long-distance passenger rail service is vitally important for our constituents, especially as many residents commute from central or western Montana to jobs in the Bakken. The Empire Builder route is an essential part o
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Thu December 22, 2011
Snowy owls travel southward in search of food, several Michigan sightings
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And while you're out, keep your eye's peeled for rare visit from another northern neighbor - the Snowy owl.
Here's one spotted in 2005 in Wisconsin:
We all should be so lucky.
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Carl Monday, the reporter who outed him (after he already outed himself, so to speak), was there and approached Cooper and his family after they left the courthouse. And, well, things...things got a bit heated as the video here shows.
Folks, they should start putting these Monday/Cooper Family confrontations on PPV.
15 comments:
The blonde attorney was pretty hot! Maybe they could have shown Spank Boy beating it to her in the courtroom!
I'm curious as to what the steps are Cooper has taken to "ensure that this never happens again," as his attorney represented to the judge...
He had a Block M tatooed on his weiner. That way, it is so repugnant to him, and anyone else for that matter, that thing isn't getting touched.
The words every masturbator fears:
"I'm Carl Monday and I have a few questions for you."
The most ironic thing about all this is that Carl Monday probably masturbates as he watched himself on the news at night. With his tOSU shirt on, of course.
Ok...so Mr. Buckstache Cooper Sr gets to assault Carl Monday and get away with it? I'm sure the steps Cooper has taken to ensure that this "never happens again" are
1. buy his own damn computer
2. think of that picture of A.J. Hawk showing shrinkage
3. remember that if he spanks it again he will join Mo Clarett in the clinker where he will get his poop shoot pounded by the TOSU has been.
That is precious. I love how indignant the family members are, as if they have been woefully wronged. The Dad is such an idiot. If I were C. monday, I would go after him every chance I got, he is too easy.
On a serious note, I do feel badly for the kid and the mother, as living with that a-hole has to be a like a little slice of hell.
PS,
I think you're right. Viewing those two clips (this and the one a couple months ago), it's not hard to see how Mike Cooper came to be the messed up kid he is.
So I guess having your dad separated from a cameraman is not violation of parole, or didn’t it start yet? Quality stuff indeed!
Since his name is Cooper, he can't beat Michigan, so he beats his meat. I think his dad is 2-10-1 in court.
Well played, 6:52! Hilarious!
How do you spell "classy"? O-H-I-O!
Will somebody PLEASE give Carl Monday and the Cooper family their own reality show already! You can't write anything this good!
I thought the funniest part was watching this 20-something (possibly) adult slide in the back of the mini-van: Mom gets shotgun, young man...
I guess in Ohio a tee shirt is proper courtroom attire. The Cooper kids mom is so hot...
It never ends. Get over yourselves Michigan. Your state sucks. I won't even bring up the people's republic of Auto Workers. So... U-M couldn't crack the top 10 in NCAA rankings AGAIN this year, but guess what Michigan cracks the national top ten in one thing, MURDER. That's right Michigan pat yourselves on the back you tied Arkansas for 9th in the nation for murder/100,000 people. I'd rather be surrounded by "hicks" than murderous D-12 8-Mile gansters all day. Good luck with your dirty casinos. | http://www.michiganzone.blogspot.com/2006/07/carl-monday-journalism-more-dangerous.html | 2013-05-18T10:12:13 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Janice Winfrey: ‘I Have Been Tested’
Category: Prime Politics Published on Wednesday, 17 March 2010 13:58 Written by Bankole Thompson, Chronicle Senior Editor
In a recent editorial meeting with the Michigan Chronicle, Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey said heading the largest election department in the state has prepared her to become the next Michigan Secretary of State. Winfrey said that as Detroit’s chief election officer she has been tested and knows what is required to oversee elections at the state level as well as guarantee the voting rights of the citizenry. Winfrey, who recently announced her campaign, said she has the judgment and the knowledge to be trusted with that office. She is one of two Democrats running for the position in the Democratic primary. The other candidate is Jocelyn Benson, a Wayne State University law professor and an election advocate.
The two recently held their first debate on “Center Stage” on WADL TV 38, a weekly program hosted by Chronicle senior editor Bankole Thompson.
Following are excerpts from the Winfrey interview:
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE: Why are you running for Secretary of State?
JANICE WINFREY: To usher in a new brand of leadership at the Secretary of States Office, as well as in other areas of state government that interface with the Secretary of State.
A brand of leadership that will be based on transparency, integrity, partnership with various communities, better working relationships with the local government.
A brand of leadership that will work hard to build bridges between our two political parties so as to put our citizens’ business ahead of political ideology.
A brand of leadership that transformed Detroit Department of Elections from a very poor rating into one of the best among the eleven largest cities in Election Administration in the United States. I will extend the same drives and commitment in transforming the same excellent records as your Secretary of State.
MC: Why did you wait so long to join the race?
JW: Integrity is everything to me and has always been a critical element of my administration. I was on the ballot seeking reelection for a second term as Detroit City Clerk. Ethics dictates that one must focus primarily on the task at hand and completing that task satisfactorily before declaring to contest for any other elective office. I chose to satisfy the interests of the people that I am presently serving to ensure that they are satisfied, and we worked hard and made them proud. To date, Detroit is the first among the eleven major cities that have ever released 100 percent of major election results before 11p.m. the same election night. The historic landmark was made in the Municipal Election of Nov. 3, 2009. In addition, I had to wait until the election was certified by the Board of Election Canvassers. Again, I had to put the people that elected me first before my personal interests. I joined the race at the appropriate time. I do not consider it being too late.
MC: What does it take for a Democrat to win?
JW: I have confidence in the Michigan electorate. Michigan voters want a Secretary of states that have already been tested. They want a Secretary of State who has a track record of verifiable records of hands-on accomplishments. As a city clerk of the largest municipality in the state, my job relatively parallels that of the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State operates on the state level while I handle similar job at the local level. Just to give one example, while the state maintains the State’s Qualified Voter File(QVF) we maintain the same voter file at the local level.
If our party nominates a candidate that has already established a verifiable track record of accomplishments, a candidate that has been tested with actual responsibilities of governance, a candidate that is knowledgeable about the inner workings of governance, victory will be certain because these are the traits that Michigan voters can relate with.
MC: What makes you qualified and made you decide to run?
JW: The main reason why I decided to seek for the position of Secretary of State is because I know I can do the job competently and passionately.
As I stated earlier, the job of a City Clerk and that of a Secretary of State are relatively similar. That of the SOS is at a macro level while that of a City Clerk is at a micro level. I have the passion and the commitment to contribute in helping to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our fellow citizens.
MC: What specifically do you intend to do in that office if you are elected?
JW: Do you mean when I get elected?
MC: Yes.
JW: Administer those laws that are prohibitive by nature so as to be less burdensome to our fellow citizens. Such laws as drivers’ responsibility laws, immigration policies (education and translators to assist new immigrants).
Work with local clerks to create an enabling environments and mitigate on some policies from Lansing that have hampered their ability to serve their residents satisfactorily.
MC: What do you make of the Michigan Democratic Party’s proposal to endorse their candidates for Secretary of State and Attorney General April 17?
JW: If the decision was made by the entire or majority of the party leadership, we all have to respect the decision. However, if it was a unilateral decision of one person being imposed on the entire leadership or the party delegates, it creates some doubts about the entire process. It may create some suspicion that it was designed for the benefit of few individuals; therefore it would call the integrity of our democratic process into question. In addition, it may create a very dangerous precedent in the future nomination process within our party.
MC: Does this proposal cheat other competent candidates in the race?
JW: Again, I think it has the potential to create a dangerous precedent to the detriment of not just our party but our system of government.
MC: What would you consider some of your biggest achievements as Detroit City Clerk?
JW: Restoring and rebuilding public’s confidence in our Election Administration by right-sizing our voter files and introducing some progressive changes that ushered in transparency and integrity in our entire operational process. Establishing the very first state of the Archive/ Record Management System for the City of Detroit. Prior to my becoming Detroit City Clerk, the City of Detroit did not have an archive. Today, I am proud to say that we now have a functioning archive with full staff to maintain vital city records.
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WACH Fox News Center covers stories around the Midlands and across the state 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WACH) - Authorities say tips lead to the identity of a suspect accused of stealing more than $1,500 worth of items from a home in Dentsville.
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says tips from the community led to the identity of 22-year-old Demetrius Henderson in connection with a burglary that occurred on Nov. 8 between 7 a.m. and 11:30 p.m.
Lott says the suspect in the burglary broke a window, entered the home and stole a variety of jewelry and two flat screen televisions.
Investigators are searching for Henderson and looking into his connection with additional burglaries, according to Lott.
Henderson is described as a black male who is approximately 6-foot-1-inch tall with black hair and brown eyes.
Anyone who has information regarding Henderson or the burglary should contact CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC. | http://www.midlandsconnect.com/sports/story.aspx?id=831146 | 2013-05-18T10:55:56 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
WACH Fox News Center covers stories around the Midlands and across the state 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
COLUMBIA (WACH / AP) -- Gov. Nikki Haley held an Easter egg hunt at the Governor's Mansion for children who have spent time in the hospital.
Haley invited patients from Palmetto Health Children's Hospital for this years Easter egg.
Monday afternoon patients, parents and volunteers searched and collected Easter eggs all over the mansion grounds.
The Governors Easter egg hunt was started in 1986 by the wife of Governor Dick Reily and has been a popular event every year. | http://www.midlandsconnect.com/weather/story.aspx?id=873332 | 2013-05-18T10:23:00 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
READ(2) MidnightBSD System Calls Manual READ(2)
NAME
read, readv, pread, preadv — read input
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, −lc), off_t offset);
DESCRIPTION
The read() system call attempts to read nbytes of data from the object referenced by the descriptor d−1]. The pread() and preadv() system calls perform the same functions, but read from the specified position in the file without modifying the file pointer.
For readv() and preadv(), the iovec structure is defined as:
struct iovec {
};
The read(), readv(), pread() and preadv() system calls will succeed unless:
[EBADF]
The d argument is not a valid file or socket descriptor open for reading.
[ECONNRESET]
The d argument refers to a socket, and the remote socket end is forcibly closed.
[EFAULT]
The buf argument points outside the allocated address space.
[EIO]
An I/O error occurred while reading from the file system.
[EINTR]
A read from a slow device (i.e. one that might block for an arbitrary amount of time) was interrupted by the delivery of a signal before any data arrived.
[EINVAL]
The pointer associated with d was less than or equal to 0, or greater than IOV_MAX.
[EINVAL]
One of the iov_len values in the iov array was negative.
[EINVAL]
The sum of the iov_len values in the iov array overflowed a 32-bit integer.
[EFAULT]
Part of the iov array points outside the process’s allocated address space.
The pread() and preadv() system calls may also return the following errors:
[EINVAL]
The offset value was negative.
[ESPIPE]
The file descriptor is associated with a pipe, socket, or FIFO.
SEE ALSO
dup(2), fcntl(2), getdirentries(2), open(2), pipe(2), select(2), socket(2), socketpair(2), fread(3), readdir(3)
STANDARDS
The read() system call is expected to conform to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (‘‘POSIX.1’’). The readv() and pread() system calls are expected to conform to X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4, Version 2 (‘‘XPG4.2’’).
HISTORY
The preadv() system call appeared in FreeBSD 6.0. The pread() function appeared in AT&T System V.4 UNIX. The readv() system call appeared in 4.2BSD. The read() function appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.
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‘Rigorous’ Turnaround At Pope El.
Blanche Pope Elementary School is up for the 2013 national No Child Left Behind – Blue Ribbon Schools Program awards.
The Waimanalo school, which is located on Hawaiian Homestead land on Huli Street, has an enrollment of about 250 children. It is now one of Hawaii’s three Blue Ribbon School nominees for the award, based on outstanding student achievements and dramatic improvement in test scores in reading and math.
School principal Ofelia Reed credits the school’s progress to a rigorous learning experience, a variety of co-curricular programs with outside agencies and a “culturally responsive” climate. An added advantage for the children has been strong partnerships with Target, Joyful Church, Queen Liliuokalani Children’s Center, Hawaii Job Corps Center, Waimanalo Agriculture Association, Castle Foundation, Junior Achievement, University of Hawaii and Waimanalo Health Center.
Frito-Lay of Hawaii, a longtime sponsor of the Hawaii distinguished Schools Program, gave $3,000 to each winner. Other national nominees are Nuuanu and Waikiki elementary schools.
Distinguished Schools from the 2011-2012 school year received additional Frito-Lay grants of $1,000. They are Enchanted Lake, Heeia and Hokulani elementary schools.
Keolu Elementary School is one of 10 on the list of 2013 Hawaii Distinguished Schools “making significant progress.”
All awards were announced during Nov. 8 ceremonies at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballrooms.
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ArticlesCertain Factors Help Predict Invasive Breast Cancer
Good News for Breast Cancer Detection and Care
News1 in 4 Breast Cancer Diagnoses May Spur PTSD
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President and CEO Betsey Bayless Named to National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems' Executive Committee
MIHS
Media Contact: Michael Murphy (602) 568-0010
Phoenix -- Betsey Bayless, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Maricopa Integrated Health System, has been named to the Executive Committee of the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems.
"Ms. Bayless offers an exceptional record of public service and financial acumen that will help safety net hospitals respond effectively to federal and state funding challenges," NAPH President and Chief Executive Officer Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH, said. "We're extremely pleased to welcome her to our Executive Committee."
The 18-member Executive Committee is the primary governing body for the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (NAPH). Executive Committee members are elected by the full NAPH Board of Directors, which comprises the chief executives of each of the NAPH's approximately 140 member hospitals and health systems. Executive Committee members serve two-year terms and can serve a maximum of three terms.
The National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems represents America's safety net hospitals and health systems. These facilities provide high-quality health services for all patients, including the uninsured and underinsured, regardless of ability to pay. They provide many essential community-wide services, such as primary care, trauma care, and neonatal intensive care, and train many of America's doctors, nurses, and other health care providers.
Maricopa Integrated Health System (MIHS) includes Maricopa Medical Center, the Arizona Burn Center, the Arizona Children’s Center, two psychiatric hospitals,.
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March 24 2012; Denver, CO, USA; Colorado Avalanche left wing Gabriel Landeskog (92) reacts back to the crowd after scoring against the Vancouver Canucks early in the first period of the game at the Pepsi Center. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-US PRESSWIRE
This comes as no surprise to anyone who watched the Avalanche this year. The NHL announced today the finalists for the Calder Trophy as the league's top rookie. The finalists are: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Adam Henrique, and our Gabriel Landeskog.
Gabe finished tied with Nugent-Hopkins for the most points at 52. He was also 2nd in goals (22) to Matt Read (24) who was not nominated, and 2nd in hits with 219 (Montreal defender Emelin had 236 hits). Gabe was 3rd in assists and second in +/- (+20) to the Rangers' Carl Hagelin (+21). Landy also led all rookies in takeaways with 58, was first among rookie forwards in both blocked shots (58) and average ice time with 18:36 p/g. Some may say that the reason #92's numbers are solid is because he was on the ice a lot. The only reason he was on the ice that much was because he deserved to be. He was the Avs best forward most nights, and one of the more consistent players despite his youth. If he wins the Calder, it will be because of his all around play more than any one stat.
The Selke nominees are announced Monday, that's when we'll find out if the league's leader in takeaways gets some love, or if they already gave the award to Datsyuk.
Poll
Who will win the Calder?
RNH (13 votes)
Henrique (6 votes)
Landeskog (230 votes)
249 total votes
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Doug Pensinger
Because two or three people demanded it!!
In an effort to push Derek's Barrie-negative recap further down the page, here's a breakdown of El Capitan's first goal of the season. This goal sparked the "comeback" in the early parts of the third period in last night's tilt against the defending Stanley Cup Champions and is a great example of people being where they are supposed to be for high-percentage scoring opportunities in the modern NHL. It also allows me to make fun of Justin Williams.
The play starts just under a minute expired in the 3rd period when Gabriel Landeskog out-duels LA stud Anze Kopitar (#11) for a loose puck and slaps it just wide and into the corner. Notice the "manpower" advantage that LA has in this screen cap. Both points have largely been abandoned by LA defenders (save for Dustin Brown, #23, holding the far boards position who won't be involved in the play AT ALL) and it's a 4-on-2 game down low.
Just as the puck flies between Matt Duchene and Kings netminder Jonathan Quick, new Av P.A. Parenteau moves into the top of the slot. Justin Williams (#14) drops anchor for the remainder of the play.
Dutchy wheels into the corner with speed and prepares to defend the puck from the on-coming Rob Scuderi (#7). Parenteau has set up shop above the crease with Drew Doughty (#8) marking him. Kopitar is somewhat following Landeskog as he slides into a cycle position on the boards.
Duchene shake-n-bakes a high-check/trip from fan-favorite Scuderi in the corner showing everybody watching how easy he is to knock off the puck, just like his entire career to this point. Landeskog smells a give-and-go opportunity and wheels toward the net. Williams abides.
Duchene drives the side of the net where a collapsing Kopitar is waiting while Quick drops into a vertical/horizontal paddle-down post position to prevent the net drive dunk. Dutchy slings a backhand pass right in front of the crease, but neither Doughty nor a well-positioned Pappy can pick it off and it slides high in the right side of the slot where...
...Jan Hejda is waiting to take the puck to the woodshed. That, ladies and gentlemen, is called "getting one in your wheelhouse." Maybe the defensemen CAN contribute to the offense!!
The Hejda shot SuperBalls off of the back boards to the left side of the crease. Scuderi thinks he has contained young Gabe, but he would prove incorrect. Duchene has followed his pass up above the crease and is in prime rebound position if the Jan-tastic slapper hits off of the goalie. Quick either has the best peripheral vision in the league or has lost sight of the puck. There is no middle ground.
Landeskog deftly displays his supple mitts as he slips a re-direct toward the yawning net, right through Scuderi's wickets...
...and into the net. Williams is still looking for the Hejda shot, Kopitar and Duchene have spectacular views from their spot, and Scuderi feels violated. Brown is also back in the frame.
The Duchene line shows off the new goal celebration that I'm sure was all the rage in Europe during the lockout: Flying Elbow to Captain's Face. FUCK YEAH!!
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SILVER CITY -- A moving ceremony made its way to several locations Friday as Grant County's last survivor of World War II's tragic Bataan Death March was laid to rest.
Pablo P. Gutierrez died on Dec. 17 at age 93. He had suffered a long illness, but had lived a longer, full life that touched many.
Gutierrez experienced the full horror of war as a soldier in the National Guard 200th/515th Coast Artillery, deployed to the Philippines during WW II. The United States was focused chiefly on winning the European front of the war as the 1,800 soldiers from New Mexico were fighting for their lives on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines. On April 9, 1942, U.S. and Filipino forces were surrendered. This began the horrific "Bataan Death March" along the peninsula to the survivors' eventual imprisonment. Soldiers were beaten, starved and executed, with as many as 10,000 perishing along the way.
Gutierrez survived the unimaginable cruelty and was one of the 900 New Mexican soldiers to return home from the mission.
When he did, he met his future life and spent the rest of his days as a dutiful, giving family man. It was this second part of his life that filled much of Friday's ceremonies.
The grand interior of the Our Lady Fatima Catholic Church in Bayard held a solemn but hopeful service in honor of a man who gave so much.
The many rows of pews were nearly filled with family, friends, veterans and other supporters at the funeral service.
The air was filled with mournful notes from a trio of Spanish guitars. The three men behind the strings sang hymns of remembrance, some in English and some in Spanish.
Father Paulus Kao officiated the service, though he was ill throughout, and gave a no-nonsense sermon, focusing on prayers for the deceased veteran.
"I am not going to tell you all he is in Heaven, because I do not know," Kao said. "Instead, our job is to pray for the soul of this man. That is what we can do."
Pray they did. After a full funeral mass, the coffin was taken from the church by soldiers from the Army National Guard's 1200 Infantry Battalion out of Las Cruces to a snow-dusted Fort Bayard National Cemetery. These official pallbearers are in the Army National Guard Honor Guard program of New Mexico. Most of the men volunteered for the mission.
"It is a huge honor for us to be a part of this celebration," said Sgt. Judas Perea, coordinator for the National Guard Honor Guard Program of New Mexico's southwestern region, who was among the Guard today.
After the funeral, the Honor Guard escorted the coffin and the congregation to Ft. Bayard National Cemetery, where a military ceremony was waiting.
Gutierrez received high honors for his service, with a final gun salute tribute, flag folding and speeches from Col. Tim Paul and Guiterrez's daughter Rosemary C. Gutierrez.
Paul gave "freedom, fear and promise" as the chief reasons to remember the fallen hero.
He listed many American freedoms, like women being able to live the life they choose and voting for the candidate they believe in, saying that Gutierrez was one of the reasons Americans still enjoy those freedoms.
He then said that Gutierrez didn't face fear in battle, but danger.
"The difference between fear and danger is that fear is a choice and danger is a reality," Paul said. "If you ask me, this man faced danger without fear."
Paul also said that Gutierrez lived in an honorable fashion and that those present needed to make a "promise to live in his image."
Paul's speech touched veterans from all branches present.
"It was a honor and privilege for us to be there," said Frank Donohue, of the Gaffney-Oglesby Detachment 1328 of the Marine Corps League . "Even though we were Marines, we are all veterans here and many of us are combat veterans. We don't have a clue as to what those gentleman suffered during that four years in a POW camp. It was very brutal and those were brave souls who went through that for all of us. It's a brotherhood of men and women."
After his speech, Paul presented both a flag -- folded in military fashion -- and the podium to Gutierrez's daughter and longtime caregiver, Rosemary.
Rosemary approached the podium and began a speech she called "Like Father, Like Daughter".
She talked about how clean and respectable a man her father had been throughout her lifetime -- how she had never heard him use profanity, how he had quit drinking alcohol when he found out she was going to be born and cigarettes when Rosemary's daughter was coming into the world.
She thanked his caregivers who had done so well by her father, their family members who had dropped everything when they heard Gutierrez had died, and members of Our Lady Fatima for all the help they provided.
Lastly, she thanked her Father for being her hero and her friend.
Rosemary spent the last few years taking care of her revered father and has no regrets.
"I would do it all again," she said. "I would do it again in a second." | http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/12/29/bataan-death-march-survivor-laid-to-rest.html?comp=7000023317843&rank=4 | 2013-05-18T10:32:05 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Wounded Warrior job fair offers opportunities
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Russians will keep being on Bashar Asad side.Coming to Turkey I can easily say that for a long time FSA Colonel is in Turkey and full supported by Turkish MFA plus protected by Turkish Police and Army.He is currently residing in Hatay Province of Turkey.
Yes Turkey can give weapons to FSA and even Muslim Brothers ( Mohammad Shukfa ) stated that they will be glad if Turkish Army enters Syria and overthrows Asad but the region is not suitable for this kind of operation.Turkey has big problem with PKK and every step on Syria turns back as a violent PKK attack to Turkey.Still Turkey doesnt say anything to FSA members who are using Turkish-Syrian border as a center.
I have to say it increasingly looks like a civil war. The west is not going to intervene here. Noone has any vested interest except Russians, who are against any such intervention. I'm afraid that it may go on for a long time and one day we may even wake up with another Somalia-like problem.
now if assad is economically strangled from outside and eaten alive from within using the FSA then the regime will collapse but to what length would the persian cat go to save assads ass?
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Armed gunman among the protesters
Meanwhile the morale of the Syrian troops and police seem very high...
Last edited by Siberian wolf; 11-21-2011 at 04:20 AM.
Police Shorland armoured car
Pro-government demonstration in Syria
, not posting this out of support., not posting this out of support.
must be misguided, paid or forced to participate??!
ps. whats with the nazi salute? )
Many nationalist groups adopted this salute in the Levant, but this does not necessarily mean they admire National-Socialism. Although some did, while others simply admired the organizational capabilities. | http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?204322-Syrian-Uprising&p=5882824&viewfull=1 | 2013-05-18T10:31:38 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
I do have combat experience, I do NOT need to tell you where and when, thats my business not yours.
I do have combat experience, I do NOT need to tell you where and when, thats my business not yours.
RoyalScot87
I think you're full of shyte.
Why?
Well, because you had the nerve to make a "judgment" on an operation, based on vid clips.
If you were, a true, experienced proffesional soldier, who has taken fire..
You would have known that there was no real way you could properly judge what was going on.
(Actually, if you were a reasonable, intelligent "civive".. you'd figure that out as well.)
So, I can only conclude *at least* 1 of 4 things:
You're a fakin idiot.
You're 12
You're a poser, a liar, a fake...
Or, you're a WOG, a REMF, a uniform who's closest "combat" experience was live fire drills.
In either case, You were'nt there, you don't know what was happening, you did'nt have any insight into enemy strength, composition, position, or any of those boring little details, that somehow become important..
So, in the immortal words of W.O. Edward R. Slovinsky..
Fak off!
First of all it was not a judgement.
If you had read the full post before hand, I was merely expressing my opinion on the VIDEO.
I had also said I didn't doubt the canadians in their ability they're good soldiers.
Another thing who are you to question my experience I bet I have been in more enemy contacts than you have had hot dinners son.
Also if you're gonna talk S**t to me don't do it hiding behind a guest account you little wimp that just shows what kind of a man you are.
ooh braveheart thats the first time that movies been used in a joke towards a scotsman you must be really intelligent to think of that one all by yourself.
What scares me the most is the fact you have a picture like that saved to your computer.
But hey man what ever floats your boat.
RoyalScot87, you have totaly hijacked this positive topic and made it a complete fool of yourself in the prosess...nice work bud
I express my opinion and I come under a barrage of insults. I never wanted them to comment my comments I was just highlighting a few things in that video that just didn't make sense.
Just because my comments did not include the words wooohooo and hell yea kick a**. I think that got alot of people backs up.
As I had also stated before hand, I was Not trying to start a fight but I doubt they even read the full story.
Getting back to what this Topic was really about, what I thought was really interesting watching the various videos was the difference between the Canadian weapons and the weapons the Afghani troops had.
I still don't understand why I should tell you what I am and what I've done/do, was that in the disclaimer fine print on when you sign up for the forum..
hmm I must have missed that.
I think you're making a big deal out of nothing, you claim something - be prepared to back it up. Especially on a site like this one.
no there is no such thing, but you will experience it your self, that there is a great deal of people posing, so we do like to know a bit about new guy who jumps out with "Ive been shot at before and..."
beside, we had a topic like this already once and a dushe that started critisising it, pretty much the same way you started it..... anyway aparently his experience with "war" was limited to vermin control | http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?87949-Canadian-Forces-Ambushed-in-Afghanistan-(July-15-2006)/page10&p=1885311 | 2013-05-18T10:41:30 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
13 May, 15:34
Football fans will be given the chance to play at Wales' Olympic-rated stadium this week, as part of the successful Millennium Stadium Community Events scheme.
Gemma James
The official website gives street-by-street details so that sports fans all over the UK can find out when it will be travelling along their nearest high street, through their town square or past their local village shop.
Sebastian Coe, Chair of LOCOG added: 'Today we bring the Olympic Torch Relay to life..
During the Games, the Millennium Stadium will host eleven Olympic football matches including the prestigious men's quarter-final and Bronze Medal between July 25th and August 10th. The stadium will also play host to both the women's and men's GB teams. | http://www.millenniumstadium.com/news/27258.php | 2013-05-18T11:02:07 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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I'm wondering if you can weld black iron? is there anything special you need to do to weld this metal?
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Thread: Black Iron can I weld it?
Black Iron can I weld it??
cut the metal at 45s then weld em together idk wht u plan on making though!
John Blewett III 10-22-73 to 8-16-07
Another racing great gone but not to be forgotten..
come on guysI need to have an idea to present to the client tommorow, looking for some good suggestions. he want this done right away.
this black iron pipe your talking about sounds to me like black pipe (plumbing pipe painted black, bevled at both ends ushally), wich is just mild steel, they also make mild steel weldable elbow's to weld to black pipe | http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/communities/mboard/showthread.php?1048-Black-Iron-can-I-weld-it&p=8154 | 2013-05-18T10:43:37 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Infiniband on Ubuntu 10.10 Meerkat
My current project that involves hundreds of mini-ITX Atom machines and we are testing the performance difference between Infiniband and Intel Gigabit NICs.
In my testing the overhead of processing TCP is too high for a dual-core Atom. There is simply not enough processing power to handle the capabilities of the Intel NICs.
A possible solution is to replace TCP by using SDP (RDMA and Zerocopy) over Infiniband. Infiniband equipment has come down significantly in price (dual port 4xSDR card for around $50), which makes it attractive to high-performance and cost-sensitive applications like mine.
In theory we can get 4xSDR speeds (8 Gigabit/s), but the tested result is 1.5 Gigabit/s speeds because of TCP processing over Infiniband. This is almost exactly the performance we achieved using the Intel NICs. We then replaced TCP with SDP over Infiniband. With the switch we saw 4.2 Gigabits/s performance on one process. With two processes, one for each core of the Atom, we saw 7.8 Gigabit/s which is close to the theoretical limit of the Infiniband NIC.
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Minecraft Version Changer
#1
Posted 23 April 2011 - 04:57 AM
flippit.
#2
Posted 23 April 2011 - 05:01 AM
#3
Posted 23 April 2011 - 05:15 AM
CorruptedDragon said:
Hi CorruptedDragon,
Thanks for your honest feedback. My intention is not to create spam, but share a utility that I originally wrote for family members who use my brother's Minecraft server. It has taken me a while to write this as before I did I had never used visual basic and I had to learn a lot. When I started writing it there was nothing I could find that did the job, there may be alternatives available now, if so that's good for all of us who enjoy Minecraft.
Regards,
flippit.
#4
Posted 23 April 2011 - 05:22 AM
"Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached."
any ideas?
flippit
#5
Posted 23 April 2011 - 06:02 AM
Hope i Helped
#6
Posted 23 April 2011 - 06:58 AM
Thanks Desttroy4 for your help. The screenshot you posted of the other program looks so similar to mine, it's amazingly similar looking and no wonder CorruptedDragon thought it was some sort of copy!
flippit.
#7
Posted 23 April 2011 - 07:44 AM
I Will Try This Version
#8
Posted 23 April 2011 - 08:10 AM
#9
Posted 23 April 2011 - 09:42 AM
Lgit_NewB said:
Hi Lgit_NewB and thanks for your question. MVC needs Microsoft .NET 4 to be installed on your computer. Some people may already have this but if not it then it is a free download from Microsoft and the current link to the download page for this is on the MVC website at. Microsoft lists the Windows platforms that support .NET 4 and for XP they specify SP3. If you are running XP then maybe earlier service packs will work too and Microsoft are just promoting their latest service pack for XP!
Basically if you have .NET 4 then MVC will install. MVC checks for the presence of .NET4 during installation and will display a message to advise if it is needed. Later versions of Windows should have no problem.
#10
Posted 02 May 2011 - 03:36 PM
#11
Posted 02 May 2011 - 04:07 PM
If it uses bsdiff/bspatch like MCNostalgia, though, you're OK.
05 Dec 2010 - Today
#12
Posted 02 May 2011 - 11:56 PM
Elite6809 said:
If it uses bsdiff/bspatch like MCNostalgia, though, you're OK.
Thanks Elite8609 for sharing your point of view. This issue is discussed in the FAQ section on the MVC site at
#13
Posted 30 May 2011 - 02:22 AM
Minecraft Version Changer is available at
Screenshot:
#14
Posted 30 May 2011 - 08:07 AM
#15
Posted 05 June 2011 - 11:43 PM
=D, on 30 May 2011 - 08:07 AM, said:
A good point, thanks for raising it. Minecraft Version Changer uses clean, unmodified copies of version files, so if you are one of the people who have modified Minecraft with client side mods these will need to be reinstalled after making a version change.
#16
Posted 05 June 2011 - 11:45 PM
Minecraft Version Changer is available at
Screenshot:
#17
Posted 06 June 2011 - 07:28 AM
Here is mine and does similar things:
However, my version doesn't contain Minecraft files. It just makes backup of every version you have and then allows you to play them after updates.
#18
Posted 06 June 2011 - 11:26 AM
since my last post I need this quite alot
*lulz more*
#19
Posted 06 June 2011 - 12:08 PM
#20
Posted 07 June 2011 - 06:40 AM
LukeRay, on 06 June 2011 - 07:28 AM, said:
Hi LukeRay,
I tried your app "Minecraft Versions" (v1.1_01). It worked well for me and looks great. Congratulations on putting this together and well done.
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Three protestors are dead and 20 are injured at Aquarius Platinum's Kwezi shaft when 200 disgruntled former contractors, some carrying petrol bombs, forced their way onto the company's property on Wednesday. The mine shaft is located in South Africa, near Rustenburg.
A security company, hired by the miner, attempted to disperse the crowd.
"The people are understood to be former employees of the mine's mining contractor, who were dismissed following illegal strike action in June 2012," said the company in a statement.
Members of the South African Police, who were on site at the time of incident, have restored order.
Aquarius Platinum (LON:AQP) has been struggling due to regulatory hurdles, labour disruptions and low PGM prices. Early this year the South African miner placed its Everest mine on care and maintenance.
Image of Kroondal Platinum Mine (Kwezi Shaft) from wikimapia | http://www.mining.com/three-people-shot-dead-after-mob-rushes-aquarius-platinum-mine-70815/ | 2013-05-18T11:03:18 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
MARQUETTE - Sue Smart has had cancer and currently has fibromyalgia, degenerative disc and joint disease, traumatic glaucoma and heart problems.
Since May 2009 Smart, 55, has been using medical marijuana to ease her daily aches and pains. She said it has made her life considerably easier.
"I used to be on a lot of different medications," she said. "I was able to get off those medications. I was taking about eight or nine pills a day of different things."
Marijuana plants that are being cultivated for use as medicine are seen in this file photo. (Journal file photos)
Aside from heart medication, Smart is now mostly pharmaceutical free. Not only is she a patient, she's a registered caregiver with the Michigan Medical Marihuana Program, meaning she can grow marijuana for state registered patients.
She said there are a lot of misconceptions about marijuana.
"I want people to be aware that it's not just a bunch of stoners out there trying to find an excuse to get high. It's really not. It's a really beneficial plant. It's good for a lot of different ailments," she said. "It's not going to work for everybody but it works for a majority of people. A lot of people are afraid to smoke it because it brings up all the images of being a pot-head and being a hippy and the next thing you know you're going to be wearing granny glasses and beads. No, it's not like that at all."
"I used to be on a lot of different medications. I was able to get off those medications."
- Sue Smart, medical marijuana user
Smart said if someone use medical marijuana only once in a while, they will get the high associated with the drug. However if used on a daily basis at regular times, like any other medication, their body will get used to it and it won't give them a high.
Medical marijuana doesn't have to be smoked, she said. It can be made into a tea, it can be baked into food, and it can be made into an oil and taken in capsule form among other delivery methods.
Medical marijuana has been well-documented as reducing nausea and vomiting, increasing appetite for chemotherapy and AIDS patients. It's been shown as an effective treatment for glaucoma and used for pain relief.
Smart said unlike many pharmaceutical drugs, medical marijuana has few side-effects.
"The only side effect is you get the munchies and sometimes with certain strains you slow down. And that's not necessarily a bad thing in some conditions. Somebody that's dying of cancer, for them to be able to eat and relax, that's a good thing," she said.
She said caregivers who grow medical marijuana grow different strains to treat different types of ailments in patients. Some of the major strains include sativa, indica and hybrids of both.
"With medical marijuana it's not just something you get from the guy on the street corner. With medical marijuana, the people who grow it in the right way are very diligent. They make sure that what they're growing with is organic, safe for the environment, humans and animals," she said.
Marijuana, which is properly known as cannabis, has been used by humans for thousands of years but it began to be outlawed in different countries around the world in the early 20th century.
"Our Founding Fathers grew it. In 5,000 years of recorded history it's been used for everything from relieving the pain of childbirth to headaches, nausea and all kinds of things," Smart said.
In Nov. 2008 residents in Michigan passed the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act. The law went into effect in April 2009, allowing patients to apply to the state department for registration.
Smart said she was very pleased the law passed.
"I think it's time that people see it for what it is. It's a wonderful plant. It's a gift. It helps people and some people it's just migraines or back aches and I don't mean to lessen the pain that they have but it goes anywhere from migraines and back aches all the way up to people who have been given six months to live," she said.
The law in Michigan only allows each patient or caregiver to possess 2.5 ounces total of dried usable medicine - including flowers and leaves -and a total of 12 plants. The state's medical marijuana act doesn't protect people from the federal government. Federal law enforcement agents can still seize plants and prosecute in court.
Smart encouraged people to research medical marijuana online to find out more information. She founded a group called Moms for the Legalization of Marijuana. It can be found online at. | http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/549541/Medical-marijuana.html?nav=5137 | 2013-05-18T10:21:33 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
"When you think of NSW you think of Coal. But its just part of the story"
NSW is justifiably proud of its mining industry, which has a total value of mineral production of about $23 billion.
Coal production, valued at about $19 billion, is the state’s largest mining sector.
Metallic and industrial mineral production and construction material production is also very significant – valued at an estimated $3.5 billion.
NSW gold production, in particular, has increased significantly over the past decade. The state is now the second-biggest gold producer in Australia after Western Australia.
In the past financial year, 103.3 million tonnes of coal worth an estimated $17 billion were exported from NSW. Coal is the single largest export from NSW in value terms.
NSW is fortunate to have a bountiful supply of coal reserves, centred around the 500km long Sydney-Gunnedah Basin. Within the Sydney-Gunnedah Basin are five major coalfields: the Hunter, Southern, Western, Gunnedah and Newcastle coalfields. Further coal reserves are found in the Gloucester and Oaklands Basin.
NSW is experiencing a bumper period of mineral development, with a number of important new projects recently opened or proposed to start over the next few years.
And this is despite the recent global economic downturn.
"A coal carrier leaves Newcastle Port – Australia’s oldest and one of the largest tonnage throughput ports, with coal exports representing more than 90 per cent of total throughput tonnage."
The comparatively low cost of exploration and developing new mines in NSW against other states and countries makes investment in exploration and mineral development particularly attractive.
The NSW government will ensure the state keeps winning its fair share of investment and has a significant role to play in attracting investment.
The NSW government strongly supports exploration, with more than $90 million in special funding provided over the past 12 years, and has underlined its continuing commitment to exploration research by investing an extra $16.5 million in the “New Frontiers” exploration initiative and extending this to 2011.
Government-funded initiatives have resulted in more than 80 per cent of the state covered by high resolution geophysical surveys.
There are many positive attributes that help make NSW a reliable and efficient provider of high-quality natural resources and home to the biggest coal port in the world.
"Coal production, valued at about $19 billion is the state’s largest mining sector."
A stable government
Significant reserves of high-quality thermal and coking coals
A highly skilled and experienced workforce
A thriving mining technology sector
Ninety per cent of the world’s mining software is generated in Australia
A world-leading safety culture
Developed export supply chains that are still expanding
"NSW gold production, in particular, has increased significantly over the past decade. The state is now the second-biggest gold producer in Australia, after Western Australia."
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Out of the mining industry has emerged a generation of innovative and globally competitive mining technology companies.
The sophisticated, world-competitive mining technology services industry has an excellent track record in planning, design, development and servicing of mining software and equipment, scientific analysis, exploration assessment technology, mineral processing technology, environmental services and health and safety services and equipment.
Meantime, the NSW government is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while maintaining a strong and sustainable mining sector and is active in reducing CO2 emissions through a number of projects.
The Munmorah pilot plant is a joint initiative by Delta Electricity and the CSIRO.
This $7 million post-combustion capture pilot facility will investigate the potential to adapt post carbon capture (PCC) ammonia absorption processes to Australian conditions – capturing greenhouse gas emissions from the Munmorah power station on the state’s Central Coast.
The pilot started in February 2009 and the experimental program is due to be completed later this year.
More than $28 million in joint funding by the NSW government, the Australian Coal Association and the Commonwealth government was recently announced for a follow-up carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration project in NSW.
One of the things we are very proud of in NSW is our safety record and our history of safety reform.
The minerals industry in NSW has a simple approach to safety – it is the number one priority. The industry is committed to zero harm. This commitment is supported by the substantial and sustained improvement in the level of safety throughout the operations of all companies across NSW. | http://www.miningtechnologyaustralia.com.au/focus-nsw | 2013-05-18T10:52:51 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Mrs. Sparkles, who works at the front desk of Mint Hill town hall, got into the spirit of Halloween by donning a witches costume today. Town Manager Brian Welch wore a mullet wig (not sure what the official costume was) and Michelle Farrar dressed up as a UNC fan–now that’s scary!
(Mrs. Sparkles real name is Doris Miller) | http://www.minthilltimes.com/2008/10/31/ | 2013-05-18T10:53:14 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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H.C. Engelbrecht Updated 8/30/2011Here is the archetype of all post–World War I revisionism of a particular variety: the hunt for the people who made the big bucks off the killing machine. The Merchants of Death was, in many ways, the manifesto of a generation of people who... | http://www.mises.org/Literature/Author/1067/ | 2013-05-18T10:32:35 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Today, away from the media cameras that had once dogged them, family members quietly mourned the death of Guan Hua Liu, the Toronto woman whose body was cut into pieces after she was murdered last summer.
More than four mouths after Liu’s severed body parts started turning up in the Credit River in Mississauga, her ex-husband and three sons held a small funeral service to remember her.
It’s not clear why the funeral was delayed for so long.
A traditional Chinese funeral ceremony was held this morning at the Highland Funeral Home near Sheppard Ave. E. and Warden Ave. It was attended by a small group of friends.
The ceremony was followed by a cremation service.
Back on Aug. 16, Liu's severed right foot and head were first discovered in Hewick Meadows Park, near Mississauga Rd. and Eglinton Ave. W. Later, more remains showed up in Scarborough.
Peel Regional Police later arrested Liu’s estranged ex-boyfriend, 40-year-old Chun Qi Jiang, and charged him with second-degree murder.
Born and raised in Changle, in China’s Fujian province, Liu arrived in Canada with her eldest son in February 2002. She filed immediately for asylum, claiming she had been persecuted for giving birth to a second child.
Liu worked at a body rub parlour before leaving in May to start her own holistic spa. | http://www.mississauga.com/article/1560079--funeral-held-for-victim-in-body-parts-case | 2013-05-18T10:53:46 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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School Record Holder - 500 Free - 4:54.76 - Feb. 16, 2012 School Record Holder - 1000 Free - 10:05.62 - Feb. 18, 2012 School Record Holder - 1650 Free - 16:46.50 - Feb. 18, 2012 2011-12 All-MVC First Team 2011-12 MVC Scholar-Athlete Team Prairie Farms/MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week - Feb. 22, 2012 2010-11 All-MVC First Team 2010-11 MVC Scholar-Athlete Team MVC Swimmer of the Week - Jan. 14, 2011 2009-10 All-MVC First Team 2008-09 All-MVC First Team At Missouri State: Drakopoulou was named senior captain for the 2011-12 season. She has established herself as one of the top distance swimmers in the MVC and one of the best in Missouri State history.2010-11: For the third straight season, Drakopoulou finished the year as the Bears' top distance freestyler. She claimed Missouri State's top time in the 500 free (4:57.48), 1000 free (10:15.96) and 1650 free (17:04.66). At the MVC Championships, she took second in the 500 free, fourth in the 1650 free and sixth in the 200 free, while swimming on MSU's record-setting 800 free relay. She was one of 11 MSU swimmers to be named to the All-MVC first team and was a 2010-11 MVC Scholar-Athlete.2009-10: As a sophomore, Drakopoulou set school records in the 500 free (4:55.37), 1000 free (10:08.46) and 1650 free (16:47.16), all in the 2010 MVC Championships. Drakopoulou broke the four-year-old 1000 free record on the front end of her 1650 free at the conference meet.2008-09: Drakopoulou swam distance freestyle for Missouri State as a freshman, and set the season's top times in the 500 free (4:58.71) and 1650 free (17:13.84).2007-08: Drakopoulou joined the Bears during the spring semester and did not compete in any meets.Background: She joined Missouri State after representing South Africa in international competition. In 2007, she qualified for the South Africa Senior Nationals and placed second in the 400 free, third in the 200 free and fourth in the 100 fly. She was placed on the United Schools Sports Association of South Africa swimming team for three consecutive years.Personal: Dimitra Drakopoulou is the daughter of Dimitrios and Charmaine Drakopoulos. She was born on July 25, 1989 in Pietermaritzburg, KZN, South Africa. She has three siblings: Anastasia, Anthea and Katerina. She is working toward her master of science in community agency. | http://www.missouristatebears.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/dimitra_drakopoulou_753572.html | 2013-05-18T10:41:27 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Miss World 2012 - Wenxia YU is in Paris!. She flew into the capital last night from South Africa.
This week she will be attending some of the fashion shows with SINA as their official Paris Fashion Week correspondant.
Today Wenxia and Miss France will be sightseeing in Paris and taking interviews with Press. They will be interviewed live on TV for TF1 TV News, Bienvenue Chez Cauet and Le Grand Journal.
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“Mister Jalopy’s latest mission is taking the Maker mentality to manufacturers, urging them to make products that consumers can easily maintain, repair, repurpose or even reinvent.
Mister Jalopy (real first name Peter, last name jettisoned from public use) drafted ‘The Maker’s Bill of Rights,’ which frames his views concisely. ‘Meaningful and specific parts lists shall be included,’ it declares. ‘Batteries shall be replaceable. Special tools are allowed only for darn good reasons.’
Lately, he has refined his thinking into a presentation arguing that manufacturers of hackable products profit from engaging the Maker mind-set. Instead of churning out disposables, they end up making collector’s items, and legendary brands. They turn customers into fierce advocates.
‘I really want companies to start thinking about shared innovation,’ he said, ‘to realize that they’re not selling to customers, but to collaborators.’”
Mister Jalopy has been a featured speaker at the Museum of Science and Industry/Chicago, USC School of Journalism, the Annenberg/Getty Arts Fellowship, Institute of the Future, Dorkbot/LA, Pomona College, Maker Faire/San Mateo and Maker Faire/Austin.
Mister Jalopy is based in Los Angeles and is available for speaking engagements and private consulting.
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2012: Played in 119 sets...219 kills...0.282 hitting percentage...73 blocks...ranked third on the team in kills and blocks...totaled 10 kills versus Elms (2/15), Milwaukee School of Engineering (3/9), and Fontbonne (3/10)...also had eight blocks at Fontbonne (3/10)...only ace of the season was against Harvard (2/4).
Off the Court at MIT: Majoring in materials science and engineering.
Why I Chose MIT: I chose MIT because I can never back down from a challenge. MIT is the perfect place for me because I can continually challenge myself both on the court and in the classroom. The best motivation is being surrounded by other motivated people, which MIT is full of. Sleep might not always be at the top of my agenda, but by the weekend, it was all worth it.
High School: A 2011 graduate of Francis Parker High School...captain...first team all-county all-academic...first team Western League...first team CIF D-IV...2010 national champion...three-time CIF D IV San Diego section champions...two-time D III Southern California CIF runners-up...four-year varsity letterwinner.
Club: Encinitas Wave Volleyball Club (five years)...Seaside Volleyball Club (one year)...Shorebreak Volleyball Club (one year).
Personal: Son of Leslie Klein...family member sailed at Miami University (Ohio). | http://www.mitathletics.com/sports/m-volley/2011-12/bios/klein%20alex%20hfj4 | 2013-05-18T10:42:17 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Announcements
May
Congratulations to the cast, crew, and orchestra of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on their 10 nominations for The Stage Top Honor Awards which were announced on May 13th. Nominations included Best Overall Production, Best Chorus, and three different acting awards for our talented actresses. Additionally, two students, seniors Dankia Tatangsurja and Shannon Brown, received nominations for technical awards. Finally, Mr. Doug Santana and Mr. Mason Kimont each received nominations for their work on the show. The awards will be handed out Monday, June 3. Please visit their website to see a list of all the nominees and for more information about tickets.
April
Congratulations to senior Kathryn Dover who was recently recognized at a dinner by the National Center for Women in Information & Technology. Kathryn was one of 25 Bay Area young women to receive a recognition award for her work in a programming project for NASA last summer.
Congratulations to juniors Kevin Gao, David Ticzon, and Utsav Ahuja who were recently selected by the Scholarship Committee to represent Archbishop Mitty High School at Boy’s State, a weeklong mock-government leadership camp sponsored by the American Legion and held in Sacramento in June.
Congratulations to students in the Mitty Advocacy Project who participated in the Catholic Youth Advocacy Day in Sacramento. These students along with Mr. Accorsi, Mrs. Walker, Mr. Lavelle, and Ms. Callaway prepared for over two months to advocate on legislation to help improve conditions for the less fortunate. Their efforts help improve conditions for homeless youth, victims of human trafficking, the safety of schools, and people struggling in the Immigration process.
Set against the backdrop of the Schott Family Music Center, Jazz on the Green returns Saturday, May 4 at 4:00 p.m. Bring a picnic basket and a blanket and come hear Jazz in the AM and Kind of Blue perform in their final concert of the year. Admission is free and the forecast calls for sunshine, so don't miss out on this great event!
Congratulations to sophomore Riya Dange for placing second in the Senate at the Congress National Qualifier tournament and becoming Mitty's first ever Speech and Debate National Tournament Qualifier. Riya will be representing Archbishop Mitty high school at the National Forensics League Tournament in Birmingham Alabama in June. The Coast Forensics League made a special announcement at the Congress National Qualifier Awards Ceremony congratulating Archbishop Mitty's Speech and Debate team for it's significant milestone and growth as a program. Riya will also be competing at the California High School Speech Association State Tournament in April along with sophomores Hersh Solanki, Mahak Kumari, and Sanika Puranik.
March
Congratulations to junior Lindsay Carrigan for taking 8th place in Original Oratory at the California Coast National Forensics League Tournament.
Join the AMHS Department of Performing Arts for the Spring Musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The show runs March 15-16, 21-23. Tickets are available online.
Mitty Speech and Debate has qualified four students to the California State Tournament in April. Sophomores Riya Dange, Mahak Kumari, and Hersh Solanki all qualified in Congressional Debate, and sophomore Sanika Puranik qualified in Thematic Interpretation. Sophomore Manasi Patwa is 4th alternate in Impromptu to the State Tournament, and Junior Lindsay Carrigan is 3rd alternate in Oratorical Interpretation. Congratulations Mitty Speech and Debate!
Congratulations to the Speech and Debate Team for another great weekend filled with tournaments. At the Coast Forensics League Speech tournament on Saturday Lindsay Carrigan '14 made it to the semi final round in Original Oratory and placed 7th in Original Advocacy. Niki Griswold '14 made it to the semi-final round of Oratorical Interpretation, and Riya Dange '15 took 5th place in Impromptu speaking. At the Coast Forensics League Debate tournament on Sunday Maya Ruiz '15 and Robbie Gallaher '16 were finalists with a 3-1 record in Lincoln Douglas Debate, and Varun Rao '14 was undefeated with a 4-0 record in Lincoln Douglas Debate. The next four Qualifying tournaments in March are Public Forum State Quals, Lincoln Douglas State Quals, Speech State Quals, and National Quals.
Congratulations to the DECA Chapter of AMHS for advancing five team members to the International Career Development Conference to be held in Anaheim in April. DECA is a business/entrepreneurship club that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for college and careers in our global economy. DECA members prove their knowledge of business in local, state and international competitive events. Over the weekend fourteen members of our inaugural AMHS DECA team competed in written exams and role plays at the California state competition. Over 1,900 California high school students converged on the Santa Clara Convention Center for the event. Congratulations go to Amrith Mylvara '15 who advanced to ICDC in the Principles of Hospitality and Tourism event by placing second overall among seventy-seven competitors in his event and to Pei-Ling Lee '15 who advances in the Principles of Marketing event in which she placed third overall in a field of seventy-three competitors. Congratulations also go to Nivi Ahlawat '15 for securing an alternate position for ICDC by placing ninth overall in the Principles of Marketing event. Additionally, our chapter secured three places at the THRIVE Academy at ICDC for achieving excellence in chapter campaigns
February
Congratulations to the Speech and Debate team. Sophomore Riya Dange took 2nd place at the Coast Forensics League Congress State Qualifying tournament and sophomore Mahak Kumari took 7th place. Both Riya and Mahak qualified to the State Tournament out of 60+ students from schools across the Bay Area. Also congratulations to sophomore Hersh Solanki who made it to the final round of Congress. The State Tournament is April 19-21 in Southern California. The Speech and Debate Team has tournaments for the next four weekends including more State Qualifying Tournaments for other Debate and Speech events.
Congratulations to Mitty's Mock Trial team. The Prosecution team defeated Leigh High School's Defense team to advance to the semi-final round. The Monarch's defense team will compete against Los Gatos' prosecution team Tuesday night at the Santa Clara County Court House.
Congratulations to the Mock Trial Team. For the first time in eight years, the Mock Trial team is undefeated with a 4 and 0 record. The team's most recent victory came with a defeat of Lynbrook High School by a score of 215 to 209. The team, for the seventh year in a row, has advanced to the quarterfinal round and will have its prosecution team go against Leigh High School's defense team this Thursday, February 21st, at 5 p.m. at the Santa Clara County Court House.
Congratulations to the Mock Trial team. The Prosecution Team defeated St. Francis' defense team by a score of 223 to 222. The Monarchs are currently 3 and 0. The defense team will compete against Lynbrook's Prosecution team on Tuesday evening at the Santa Clara County Courthouse.
Congratulations to the Mock Trial team. On February 5th, the prosecution team defeated Homestead High School's defense team by a score of 231 points to their 196 points. The team won again on February 7th, as the defense team defeated Gunderson High School's prosecution team. The score was 243 to 238. The Prosecution team will compete against St. Francis' defense team on Wednesday, February 13th.
Congratulations to the Jazz in the AM on their performance last Friday at the CMEA Jazz Festival. The group received a Unanimous Superior, the highest rating possible. Go Monarchs!
January
Congratulations to freshman Polina Edmunds who recently won the juniors division of the 2013 US National Figure Skating Championships in Omaha, Nebraska. To read the full story, please click here.
“The Madness” will take place on Friday, March 8th, beginning at 6 p.m. This event will feature artwork, dancing, competitive games, and the innovative and incredible music performance ROAR. Each class has a theme that will surround its dance, costumes, and artwork.
For the past five years, CSF members have participated in the Teens for Teens Organization’s annual drive to benefit teens throughout the Bay Area. This past December, Archbishop Mitty students organized the drive and donated over $5000 in gifts and gift cards for this program. Additionally, they gathered with other volunteers from the local community to make and distribute gift bags to Sacred Heart Community Center, the Bill Wilson Center, and EHC Lifebuilders. Thank you to all who donated or participated in this event.
Congratulations to sophomore Niveditha Ahlawat who was recently accepted into the People to People Ambassador Program as one of only 40 students across the U.S. Who will travel to Costa Rica for two weeks on a biological expedition. In Costa Rica she will study the effects of environmental changes on rainforest species and work with biological scientists from across the country.
Congratulations to freshman Siddarth Kulkarni who competed in early December in the Northern California Fall Regionals of the History Bee at Saratoga High School. His second place in the junior varsity level in that competition qualifies him for the nationals of the High School History Bee in Arlington, Virginia in April.
December
The Men's Varsity Basketball team goes "Prime Time" tonight, as they appear on ESPN in the Geico/ESPN High School Basketball Showcase, presented by Gatorade. The broadcast begins at 5pm local time, with the Monarchs, ranked #7 in the nation, taking on the #12 ranked Fort Bend Travis (TX) Tigers. You can read more about the game here.
Congratulations to the Women's Varsity Volleyball Team who captured their ninth state championship in their defeat of Martin Luther King, Jr. High School in the CIF Division II State Championship. For more information on the Monarchs undefeated season, please click here.
November
Join AMHS for an evening at Christmas in the Park in downtown San Jose on Friday, December 14th, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. While you're there, be sure to check out the AMHS Art Department decorated tree. Just another great night to be a Monarch!
October
Join us for Open House on Sunday, November 4th, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Campus tours, academic and co-curricular presentations, and program representatives will be available throughout the day.
Congratulations to Arjun Balasingam '14 and Ramya Balasingam '15 who were recently recognized as Regional Finalists for the prestigious Siemens Competition. Their project was considered one of the top 10 projects in the western United States, and one of the top 60 in the entire nation. The brother-sister team developed a new algorithm to minimize the power consumption of computer chips. The findings in this research, and the software Arjun and Ramya developed can be used by chip designers, who develop chips for small sensors which can be used in biomedical electronics and environmental monitoring. Their next competition, the Siemens Regional Finals, is from November 9-10 at Caltech.
Congratulations to sophomore Annie Zhang, who recently had two paintings selected to be included in American Art Awards, a world-wide online art contest judged by multiple American art galleries. No resumes are allowed, artwork is judged on visual impact alone. This year, awards were given to artists from twenty different countries.
Join the Department of Performing Arts for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying October 12-13, and 18-21. Tickets can be purchased online by clicking here.
Congratulations to seniors Tausif Ahmed, Mark Bokchtein, Daniel Braginsky,
Shannon Haley, Kyle Jackson, Stephen Kwok, Jeemin Kwon, Kevin Ma,
David Mace, Payam Mirfendereski, Brian Nguyen, Nicole Panditi,
Madeleine Salah, Jasmine Tsai, Sarah Tsou, Michelle Wang, Waylan Yee,
and Andrew Yeh who have been
designated as semifinalists in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Competition based
on their performance as juniors on the PSAT. Only 16,000 students out of 1.5
million entrants receive this honor.
These students represent less than 1% of all seniors in the country.
Congratulations to seniors Kristen Anaya, Catherine Callaway, Rosa Mateos, Haley Titinger, and Katrina Vokt who were recently recognized as scholars in the National Hispanic Recognition Program. They were among only 5000 students in a pool of over 253,000 who took the PSAT to be recognized as scholars in this competitive program.
Congratulations to sophomores Shayda Sales and Savannah Sherard who were recently selected as members of the Teen Interfaith Leadership Council of Santa Clara County, an organization aimed at engaging teens in interfaith dialogue, service, and leadership. They spent a week in July performing service with teens of various faiths and they now meet regularly to focus on social justice concerns in Santa Clara County such as raising minimum wage and getting healthier foods into our communities.
Congratulations to seniors Mandy McDonell and Christina Moore, junior Myha’la Herrold, and the cast of last year’s spring musical Into the Woods. Over the summer, our performing arts department was recognized by local and national organizations for their work on the stage last year. Mandy McDonell was awarded Best Supporting Actress by the San Jose Stage Top Honors awards, a group that evaluates dozens of high school musicals throughout the bay area. Myha’la Herrold and Christina Moore were both recognized by the National Youth Theater with Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress Awards for their work in Into the Woods and last year’s winter play Twelfth Night respectively. Additionally, the cast of Into the Woods was recognized as Outstanding Ensemble by the National Youth Theater awards. Congratulations to everyone involved!
Congratulations to sophomore Claire Wang who, as a member of the USA National Team for Synchronized Swimming
Team, was selected to be the team captain at the recent the Pan American
Championships, held in Cali, Columbia in September. Claire and her
teammates took on the best synchronized swimmers from nine different countries,
including teams from Canada, Mexico, and South America. When the competition
concluded on September 2nd, the US team stood atop the winner’s
podium wearing gold medals.
September
Join us for our annual on campus night football game this Friday, October 5th as the Monarchs take on the Bells. 4:00 p.m. JV kickoff followed by a 7:00 p.m. Varsity kickoff. Go Monarchs!
Friday's BIG WCAL football opener will be broadcast live and free of charge on Bay Preps.com. Click HERE to access the game and cheer on your Monarchs if you can't join us live!
Catch the AMHS Jazz Band and Jazz Choir in action at our annual evening of Java and Jazz on Friday, September 21st, at 7:30 p.m. in the Aymar Events Center.
August
Congratulations to alumna Kerri Walsh-Jennings '96 and her partner Misty May-Treanor for winning their third consecutive gold medal in Olympic beach volleyball. Read more about it here. | http://www.mitty.com/announcements | 2013-05-18T10:12:24 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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New Delhi (Mizzima) – The pro-government organization – Union Solidarity and Development Association – in Burma's western Chin state on Friday denied rumors that it will be changed into a political party to contest the ensuing 2010 general elections.
An official in the USDA office in Hakha, capital of Chin state, said that there has been no decision to fight the elections that the Burmese regime has declared to hold in 2010.
"So far, we have no information from above to prepare for a transformation of the organization into a political party," an official in Hakha's USDA office, who declined to named, told Mizzima.
"We have not held any political campaigns," the official said. "Till now we are only engaged in activities related to rural development work."
The official told Mizzima that the USDA in Chin state will keep staying out of political campaigns but focus only on regional development work in the area.
"The USDA is a civilian organization. It will continue to function as a civil society," he added.
However, other sources in Hakha town said that USDA had actually selected a few individuals to be candidates in the ensuing elections.
"Most of the candidates are delegates who had attended the national convention," the source told Mizzima.
According to the source, USDA has selected national convention delegates U Thatmang, and U Lakung and another independent U Ngikung, a retired Township administration official as candidates.
The USDA official, however, denied nominating candidates for the forthcoming poll saying, "We did not nominate any one as a candidate but I can't say if the people will pick up individuals from USDA for their organization in future."
The USDA was established by Burmese military Supremo Senior General Than Shwe in 1993, and is the largest civil society in Burma with a membership of over 20 million. | http://www.mizzima.com/archive/1593-usda-will-not-contest-in-2010-election-official.html | 2013-05-18T11:02:44 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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How do you figure he got the better of Theo in the Nomar deal? Do you forget it was a three way deal which netted the Red Sox Orlando Cabrera and Doug Mientiewitz? While Nomar did nothing for the cubs, Orlando and Doug played key roles in turning a sinking ship into World Champions. Matt Murton would have never played in Boston anyway, look at the outfielders they have had since 04 and tell me how he cracks the lineup. Im pretty sure Theo would give up Matt Murton any day in order to win a world series.
Posted by: brian91388 | May 07, 2007 at 02:10 PM
I think Epstein could've made that deal without giving up Murton. Or, if he was intent on trading Murton, he could've waited a year, gotten more, and won another WS in 2005. Maybe they keep Murton, don't spend $70 mil on J.D. Drew, and put that money somewhere else.
Posted by: RotoAuthority | May 07, 2007 at 02:21 PM
I think the Trade Profile is a great idea. Very interesting read
Posted by: GoBoSox420 | May 07, 2007 at 02:53 PM
What about the Garland/Karchner deal?
Posted by: Dave | May 07, 2007 at 03:39 PM
Agreed, I like these profiles. When was the deal made that sent Willis to the Fish? That sucked, I guess before Hendry then...
I totally agree that the worst move was trading three young legit pitching prospects for a one year rental of Juan Pierre.
Still, I think the Lee for Choi deal and the absolute fleecing of stealing Ramirez from the Pirates more than makes up for that.
Hendry is a good GM when it comes to trades...but putting the whole package together....I just don't see it yet. Hopefully he will work out this outfield situation.
Posted by: Aduncaroo | May 07, 2007 at 03:39 PM
I agree with the assessment about Hendry's trade profile, but it's not totally correct. For the most part Hendry hasn't acquire useful parts/players thru trade outside of Lee and Ramirez. But they guy of the articel forgot that the Cubs got Michael Barrett for essentially Damien Miller. And there is a prospect that Cubs got for Walker that is in the "intriguing" catergory and his name is Jose Ceda. So right now, I will say Hendry's trade ability is 50/50. But when he gets it right, he GETS IT RIGHT.
Posted by: roterdrache | May 07, 2007 at 04:12 PM
You should re-read the post, I definitely covered Barrett and all his other major trades. Ceda didn't make Baseball America's Handbook and I really don't think he intrigues anyone.
Posted by: RotoAuthority | May 07, 2007 at 04:44 PM
While I am not a huge Hendry fan per se, kind of disingenuous on your part to criticize him for not getting much for Hollandsworth, Nevin, Walker, and especially Neifi Perez, when all of those guys are marginal players at best these days. All you listed, with the exception of Greg Maddux, were at the lowest of the low of their value. Nobody wanted those fools; they were essentially dump jobs.
I mean, seriously, you're criticizing him for not getting much for Neifi Perez? Which GM in all of baseball would have gotten value for Neifi Perez? Getting anyone to TAKE Neifi off of the Cubs's hands AND pay his salary for 2007 is something of a miracle in and of itself. Getting a warm body in return makes it doubly so.
There is plenty to criticize Hendry over, but not getting much of value for those bums you listed (Maddux excluded) doesn't really qualify.
You want to knock him, knock him for thinking garbage like Neifi was a good idea to sign to a multi-year deal in the first place.
Posted by: Skinner | May 07, 2007 at 05:06 PM
I kinda have to agree with brian here, while you can go into the whole Nomar trade, and Murton in that deal, fact is that trade helped the Sox, it improved them, as did getting Muellar, and the Sox won the WS.
Anytime a trade helps you win a WS, that has to be a plus.
Its not like Murton is a great great player.
Sox had no chance in 2005, frankly played above themselves to win in 2004, and that team was old, only like 2 players under 30 someone told me.
Posted by: quintjs | May 07, 2007 at 05:06 PM
Isn't it also disingenuous to ignore the players not dumped or dumped for a pittance in '02, like McGriff, Mueller, and Gordon? Those were good, solid players with nothing in return.
It's not that he didn't get much for Neifi. It's that he traded many, many vets and we have nothing to show for it.
Posted by: RotoAuthority | May 07, 2007 at 06:55 PM
Yes, more of Hendry's trades are winners on paper than they are on losers on paper. But look at the results....well below par considering the budget that he has.
The reason is that he makes a lot of needless trades and gets needless players, while ignoring key weaknesses. So he wins needless trades "on paper". Sure the Ramirez and Lee trades were steals (they were obvious steals when made). But he ignored his bullpen for several years; his rotation was injured and he ignored that. He has had a poor defensive team for most of his tenure and has done nothing about it. I'd call him a below average GM, even though I agree with your assessment that he has won far more trades than he has lost.
Posted by: P.E.Overbrook | May 07, 2007 at 07:51 PM
Well, I think if you review his free agency record you'll see why he hasn't been a great GM. Lilly and Marquis have looked OK this year but he's made some questionable signings.
Posted by: RotoAuthority | May 07, 2007 at 08:50 PM
I don't think anyone on here is saying he is an above average GM. We are saying that he is an above average GM when it comes to trades. Putting a whole team together...thats another question. However, while the Lee and Ramirez deals might have been a "steal at the time" or whatever...its not like any other GM was pouncing on them....and nearly every one of them wishes they were. Those are two very, very good players right now.
Roto....I know that Marquis is Marquis and Lilly is Lilly...but so far, it looks like he is the only one that knew what he was doing. Yeah, they will probably come back to earth...but all you can go by is what has happened so far...and he is looking pretty smart. It might backfire later...probably will actually....but all we can go by is the results so far.
Posted by: Aduncaroo | May 07, 2007 at 11:12 PM
How anyone can rank Hendry as anything but a failure is beyond me. Despite a payroll well above most of the other teams in the division, the Cubs have finished lower in the standings EVERY year since 2003 (when the core of the team was a tribute to his predecessor)and a once highly ranked farm system has deteriorated under his watch. He hired Dusty Baker for an exorbitant sum and watched as Baker's abuse of the Cubs prized young arms and his distaste for discipline and fundamentals helped lead to the mess that was last season's Cubs. When the Cubs DID have a window of opportunity to contend, Hendry twiddled his thumbs and failed to patch holes like a smart GM does. Look at any independent ranking of GMs, and you'll see Hendry's name near the bottom. It's a miracle that Hendry still has his job...
Posted by: Devlsh | May 08, 2007 at 02:24 AM
Any chance you could hold off on the Schuerholtz Trade Profile until after the trade deadline? We need a couple starters and don't want the other GMs to read anything that might make them wary of getting fleeced. By the way, that Escobar kid is going to be the next Tejada and he's ready! A nice "extremely hot and under-rated prospect" profile by you would be greatly appreciated. Fax a copy to the Twins.
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The Dodgers are paying over $15MM to former players this year; that number will fall under $7MM in 2011 as their commitments will be reduced to Juan Pierre and Andruw Jones. They'll also potentially free up over $40MM for departing free agents, with Manny Ramirez, Hiroki Kuroda, and Vicente Padilla the biggest salaries.
On the increase side, players under contract will receive over $13MM more. Andre Ethier, Rafael Furcal, Jonathan Broxton, and Matt Kemp account for the raises. More increases will be due to arbitration-eligibles: Chad Billingsley, James Loney, and Hong-Chih Kuo enter their second year, Russell Martin his third, and George Sherrill his fourth. Sherrill can be considered a non-tender candidate, only because the Dodgers may be reluctant to pay a setup man more than $5MM.
Even if payroll is maintained in the low $100MM range, the Dodgers should free up enough money to adequately replace Ramirez and at least one of the starting pitchers.
Thanks to Cot's Baseball Contracts for the info.
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The CEOs of Detroit’s three automakers aren’t "car guys," but they have won the support of former former General Motors Co. Vice Chairman Bob Lutz.
In a Forbes opinion editorial, the king of car guys says GM CEO Dan Akerson, Ford CEO Alan Mulally and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne defy his aforementioned book, “Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The Battle For The Soul Of American Business.”
Lutz says the three execs are not his people, i.e., "car guys," but “neither are they members of that dreaded 'bean counter' group, which, with its narrow, short-term, cost-reduction, quarterly-earnings focus, contributed so much to the decline of American industry.”
Lutz simply describes them as highly effective leaders “who will move fast to get things done.”
The April 4 op-ed came in wake of discussions regarding the multi-million dollar salaries of the CEOs – particularly Mulally, who was compensated $29.5 million in compensation last year.
Mulally, 66, is credited by many for the company's turnaround and its ability to avoid bankruptcy, unlike its crosstown rivals GM and Chrysler in 2009.
Akerson, whose salary was frozen by the federal government, was expected to have earned about $9 million in stock and salary in 2011; and Marchionne, who was not paid by Chrysler last year, but received $18.9 million in salary and incentive pay for his work as CEO of Fiat SpA, Chrysler’s Italian parent company.
Lutz, who did not mention the salaries, ends the op-ed with seven key attributes that the execs share, and by saying he is “more optimistic about Detroit than at any time over the past 30 years.” | http://www.mlive.com/auto/index.ssf/2012/04/bob_lutz_detroit_three_ceos_no.html | 2013-05-18T10:21:39 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Fire youngster Johnson gets shot with U-23 squad
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – Chicago Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson has earned his first call-up to a US team since senior team manager Jurgen Klinsmann was hired this summer, and he's eager to bend the new coach's ear with every chance he gets.
Johnson was called-up last week to the US U-23 camp that will train in Germany starting Monday. Johnson last participated for a US team in former manager Bob Bradley’s January 2011 camp and earned his only senior cap while there, playing the second half of the team's match against Chile at the Home Depot Center.
“I think it’s definitely a great opportunity for me to get back into the national team environment,” Johnson told MLSsoccer.com lat last week. “I’m just excited to get back into it. My time in national team camp in January and before that with U-20s were both very fun experiences and one’s that made me better as a player. It’s an opportunity I’ll definitely try and take advantage of.”
Johnson has the most professional experience of any of the four goalies in camp, which is being held in preparation for the qualifiers to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The second-year keeper is hoping to be a major part of the qualifiers and, should the US qualify, the 2012 games.
“It’s been a goal of mine since I was a kid,” Johnson said of playing in the Olympics. “You see the Olympic Games, the World Cup and I think those are definitely two goals that I want to hit in my career. Now one of those goals is becoming a possibility so hopefully I can become a part of that.”
Johnson has taken a backseat to D.C. 'keeper Bill Hamid under Klinsmann, with United’s 20-year-old netminder getting frequent call-ups to the senior team under the new manager. Johnson and Hamid had similar statistics in 2011, both giving up 37 goals in 28 starts.
A situation like that might frustrate other players, but not Johnson. He reiterated his delight at being given the opportunity to represent his country when asked if his lack of call-ups under Klinsmann added pressure to perform well in next week’s camp.
“I’m just happy to be a part of the national team,” he said. “Whether it’s with the U-23s or the full team, those opportunities will come as my career goes along. It’s just up to me to play well and to represent my country. Right now that’s with the 23’s and I’ll put all I have into that and hopefully later on, whether it be this year or next year. Hopefully I’ll have an opportunity to train with the full team and be a part of that under the new coaches.”
“I definitely think it’s going to be a great experience,” Johnson said. “A lot of players have a chance to establish themselves as guys to be chosen come qualifying time. So this is a good opportunity for everyone to show themselves.”
Sam Stejskal covers the Chicago Fire for MLSsoccer.com. E-mail him at sam.h.stejskal@gmail.com | http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/11/07/fire-youngster-johnson-gets-shot-u-23-squad | 2013-05-18T10:23:06 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
DREAM announces Oct. 25 event in "The White Cage," nine participants introduced
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Sep 23, 2009 at 11:30 am ET
The previously announced DREAM.12 event will take place in a six-sided fenced surface the organization has dubbed "The White Cage."
DREAM released a promotional video to announce that the Oct. 25 event in Osaka, Japan, entitled "Cage of the Rising Sun," will be the organization's first in a cage, while the first nine participants for the event were also revealed.
Eddie Alvarez, Paulo Filho, Katsunori Kikuno, Yoshiro Maeda, Andrews Nakahara, Alistair Overeem, Kiyoshi Tamura and Marius Zaromskis were all introduced as participants for DREAM.12 on the promotional video, while Murilo "Ninja" Rua was also announced via an additional promotional image on the organization's official website.
Potential opponents for the nine participants were not disclosed.
DREAM.12 airs on HDNet in North America.
DREAM.12 represents the second of two October events for the Japanese-based organization. DREAM.11 is slated for Oct. 6 in Kanagawa, Japan, and features the continuation of the organization's "Super Hulk" tourney, as well as the conclusion of its featherweight grand prix.
For additional coverage of DREAM.11 and DREAM.12, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com ().
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Robertson to pull on Bears jumper
Former Melbourne aerialist Russell Robertson will return to Goulburn Valley Football League ranks with Shepparton in its opening round clash against Shepparton United on Good Friday.By Patrick O'Meara
Former Melbourne aerialist Russell Robertson will return to Goulburn Valley Football League ranks with Shepparton in its opening round clash against Shepparton United on Good Friday.
Robertson last played in the GVFL in 2010, when he played for Shepparton Swans alongside former Demons teammates Adem Yze, Nathan Brown and Shane Woewodin.
He was a feature of the Swans’ Good Friday opener against the Bears, kicking seven goals in a game best remembered for Swans coach Perry Meka’s run-in with league officials.
Robertson went onto kick 111 goals for the season as the Swans bombed out in a semi-final against Echuca.
He has spent the past two seasons coaching Geelong Football League club St Joseph’s.
Robertson kicked 97 goals in his first season and 83 goals last year.
Shepparton president Paul Heggart confirmed the four-time Demons leading goal-kicker would line up for the Bears in the clash against their Deakin Reserve co-tenant on March 29.
‘‘Robbo has committed to playing for us on Good Friday and then he may play a few more after that as well,’’ Heggart said.
‘‘He has indicated that he is pretty keen, depending on his availability, so we will wait and see what happens there.’’
The Robertson signing comes after the Bears secured former Hawthorn and North Melbourne defender Jonathan Hay earlier this month.
‘‘We will have Robbo up at full-forward and Jonathan Hay at centre half-back,’’ Heggart said.
‘‘It is pretty exciting.’’
Heggart said the Bears had targeted the ex-AFL stars to help guide its developing squad.
‘‘That is certainly what we are wanting to do,’’ he said.
‘‘We wanted to bring in guys with this calibre in the hope that they rub off on some of our younger guys.
‘‘It is a bit of a different approach to doing things, based on development rather than going out and buying a team, and we know our kids will benefit from playing alongside Russell Robertson and Jonathan Hay.’’
He said there was a positive mood at the club.
‘‘We know there has been a lot of talk out there about how everyone has left and this and that,’’ he said.
‘‘But we have got a good group of people, that want to be here and that is what is important to us.
‘‘We will have Jonathan Hay at training on Thursday night before our jumper presentations and then we have our golf day on Sunday, which Shannon Byrnes will be playing in.
‘‘It is all looking very good.’’
Robertson played 228 games for Melbourne and kicked 428 goals.
Hay played 149 games for Hawthorn and eight for North Melbourne.
He was an All-Australian in. | http://www.mmg.com.au/local-sport/sheppartonsport/robertson-to-pull-on-bears-jumper-1.45085 | 2013-05-18T10:42:19 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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When Samsung initially launched the Samsung Galaxy Note late last year, our smartphone-crazed brethren in US shores got sorely disappointed because the Korean smartphone and tablet manufacturer let it slip that the massive phablet will not make it to US shores. It is a good thing that AT&T was able to work things out with Samsung and managed to have the Samsung Galaxy Note added on to its lineup of Android-powered devices. Since getting released by the carrier in our side of the world, the Samsung Galaxy Note went on and became one of the hottest devices to be released by AT&T.
When you come to think of it, the Samsung Galaxy Note is not the first smartphone slash tablet hybrid to be released to the market. That distinction goes to the Dell Streak 5 although the Dell slate was a bit ill-fated right at the onset because of its identity crisis that got it confused if it was an oversized smartphone or an undersized tablet. Luckily for Samsung, the Galaxy Note did not have any of those qualms and was just a powerful device to begin with.
Since getting released in US shores, AT&T sort of had exclusivity over the Samsung Galaxy Note because it was the only carrier in our side of the world to offer the phablet. However, there were rumors in the past that the phablet was also making its way to T-Mobile. In fact, even before those rumors surfaced, it was already reported that several developers managed to make the Samsung Galaxy Note work on the network of the Magenta carrier by altering its radio firmware. A device which could possibly be the T-Mobile version of the Samsung Galaxy Note also appeared at the FCC thereby strengthening speculations that the phablet was also headed T-Mobile’s way. In addition to that, there were also leaked mug shots of the Samsung Galaxy Note with T-mobile branding that surfaced and with that, the only thing missing in the equation is the confirmation from the Magenta carrier.
Sad to say, T-Mobile is yet to make the announcement regarding the addition of the Samsung Galaxy Note to its stable of Android handsets. However, a leaked roadmap from the wireless provider intimated that the T-Mobile version of the phablet could very well make its debut in the shelves come July 11. Because of this, we were expecting the carrier to make the announcement as soon as possible but it looks like that is not going to happen anytime soon.
A newly-leaked internal document from the Magenta carrier recently surfaced and the information it contains suggests that the T-Mobile version of the phablet is not arriving until August. Since T-mobile hasn’t made any announcements yet, no details can be had from the carrier as to why the Samsung Galaxy Note got delayed for that matter. If you happen to have T-Mobile for your wireless provider of choice and have been waiting for the Samsung Galaxy Note version of the carrier to hit the shelves, it looks like you are to do some more waiting until T-Mobile gets this all sorted out. | http://www.mobilebloom.com/t-mobile-samsung-galaxy-note-gets-delayed-as-well/2216264/ | 2013-05-18T10:30:21 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Well known phone maker, RIM or Research in Motion has now come in collaboration with Aircel and is offering exclusive data plan for BlackBerry 9790. On Thursday, RIM revealed BlackBerry Bold 9790 together with two other Smartphones, BlackBerry Curve 9380 and BlackBerry Curve 9350 in the Indian mobile market. All these three devices run on the latest BlackBerry 7 OS.
Aircel has recently announced that it will introduce the new Apple iPhone 4G on 27th may 2011 in India. Apple IPhone 4G price in India for 16GB model is around Rs. 34,500 and the cost of 32GB model is approximately Rs. 40,900.
Huawei Ideos, the most awaited smartphone has recently launched in India. The mobile phone comes with Aircel network. Aircel is providing many exciting schemes for the users with Ideos. The mobile is priced Rs. 8499 with free data download up to 2GB per month with connection of postpaid. The mobile is available at Huawei and Aircel counters.
AIRCEL, one of the leading telecom services provider of India, is ready to enter in next generation services with the launch of 3G and 4G network. At present, the company has 13 telecom circles in the country and is planning to launch 3G/HSPA network in next 45 to 60 days. After that, it plans to launch 4G/BWA network services by the year of 2012. The company sources indicates that this new innings of the company is huge task to complete in the given time. Only Aircel is India's fist telecom operator which will provide 4G services in the country, as per company's officers.
Aircel, a prominent name in the world of mobile operators, has announced the launch of 3G services from 2011. Aircel is at present holding license of 3G network in 13 circles. As we know Tata Docomo is the first one to launch its 3G services and now even Airtel is planning to launch its 3G network before 2010 end. This means that Aircel is not too behind in the race of 3G network. But still Aircel users have to wait till 2011 to enjoy full fledged 3G services from the company.
Finally the plans have taken its shape and Aircel has come up with its 3G network for Chennai Zone. Aircel is a famous brand in the world of Indian telecoms industry, with business spread in almost every corner of the country. The telecom giant has finally announced its 3G services in the state of Chennai. With this unique launch, the company is able to place itself at the first position among companies to launch 3G technology based network in India. Chennai customers will be the first one to feel the 3G experience on their hand sets. The third generation mobile telephony come with some real wonders attached to it, which ensures a joy ride to its users and this first hand experience is offered to the Chennai based customers.
India's one of the leading mobile phone service provider, Aircel is planning to invest 500 million dollar on 3G services in India. The demand of 3G service is growing tremendously well in the Indian market. This service was debuted by the country's state-owned telecommunication, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. After getting huge demand of 3G services in the Indian mobile market, India's major mobile phone service providers are preparing to start the new generation 3G services in the market.
Aircel Limited one of the leading telecom players in India, has taken an Innovative Initiative as part of its social responsibility to reach out to the people during heavy rains and help them sail to their destination.. | http://www.mobiledekho.com/mobile-models/mobile-news/aircel-news.html | 2013-05-18T10:21:35 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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By Alexandra Burlacu | Oct 15, 2012 01:08 PM EDT
Logitech announced a new addition to its range of Bluetooth keyboards on Monday, Oct. 12, introducing the new Logitech Bluetooth Illuminated Keyboard K810.
The K810 promises support for pairing multiple devices simultaneously via Bluetooth. When it comes to operating systems, the Logitech's new Bluetooth Illuminated keyboard supports Windows 8, iOS, and Android.
"The Logitech Bluetooth Illuminated Keyboard K810 features Logitech's easy-switch Bluetooth technology, meaning it can pair with as many as three devices simultaneously," reads the company's press release. "What's more, the keyboard's layout was designed for Windows 8 with shortcuts for instant access to the Start Screen and more, but it also works with Windows, iOS, and Android devices. You can easily move from typing on one to the other with the push of a button."
Logitech first introduced its Easy Switch technology on the K760. Each paired device can be assigned to one of the three function keys, enabling users to start typing on a device simply by pushing the corresponding button. For instance, a user can hook up the keyboard to a PC, a tablet, and a phone, and type on all of them.
"The Logitech Bluetooth Illuminated Keyboard K810 is sure to boost your productivity - letting you switch between all the devices you type on. And with clear lines, bright keys, and simple charging, it's a keyboard you can easily take anywhere," adds the press release.
The chassis of the new K810 is made of brushed aluminum, while the key backlighting is dynamically adjusted according to the ambient light in the room. Logitech also added a sensor that tracks whether the user's hands are nearby. If the user is not actually typing, the proximity sensor will detect that and turn off the backlight to save power. The backlight will kick in again when the sensor detects the user's hands hovering close by.
The K810 charges via USB, and can be used while plugged in as well. According to Logitech, its new Bluetooth keyboard will run for roughly ten days of average use on a single charge.
The Logitech Bluetooth Illuminated Keyboard K810 will become available in the United States in October, with a $99.99 price tag. European availability is slated for November, with a reported price of 99.99 euro.
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You have to defend earth from an alien attack with your rapid action tank. start the game and shoot as many alien ships as possible and defend your tank
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HKLM->Security->Phone->Skin->Samsung Somewhere here I remember something saying enabled (0 or 1) which allowed me to switch between stock WinMo and Samsung)
With this, there was no need to do it time after time, it just stayed that way until you wanted to mod... I know it's not as hopeful but I might as well try just to narrow down possibilities or rule it out!
Also, X, your script did not work for me, saved as: mxipinit_startmenu_001.provxml in unicode (ansi work better?) in windows folder. attempted with soft reset as well as fresh boot up.
ONE LAST THING: Should the script datatype be integer? just curious... I don't know a whole lot but would it be Dword or something like that?
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<characteristic type="HKLM\System\State\Samsung\Keypad">
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</characteristic>
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