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Apple is reportedly in talks with HarperCollins for the publisher to provide content for the upcoming iSlate.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has been talking to HarperCollins about selling eBooks for the iSlate - or whatever Apple decides to call the Newton's successor - along with details of how exactly "enhanced eBooks" will differ from their dead-tree contemporaries.
There's the usual talk of embedding video, and social networking features, which will no-doubt form part of the Apple model.
It's worth noting, however, that HarperCollins is part of News Corp - as is the Journal itself. Rupert Murdoch fiefdom News Corp is tied up with the consortium of publishers creating a "new digital storefront and related technology". Time Inc. is also part of that effort, and has been talking up magazines-on-tablets for a month or two now.
One could even link the whole thing to Murdoch's much-discussed plan to make readers pay for content, if one wanted to join all the dots.
But even the WSJ isn't going that far, only suggesting that author interviews and pictures might bulk out Apple's eBook offerings - much like the "additional content" that helped justify the additional cost of DVD over VHS for the first few years.
Given that the iSlate will, almost certainly, share the iPhone's controlled-by-Cupertino platform, it's ideally suited to the legal distribution of copyright material. iTunes could be expanded to incorporate the selling of literary content; as opposed to the every-book-is-an-application model employed by most eBooks sold for the iPhone.
Magazines featuring embedded video and sold by subscription could well follow in time, but probably not next week. ®


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Monster fiercely protects its name / Cable products company sues those who use M-word
A monster by any other name might get you sued by Monster Cable Products Inc.
The Brisbane maker of electronics accessories has filed lawsuits and trademark infringement claims against dozens of companies for using "monster" in names, products or services.
The TV series "Monster Garage" and the Monster Seats above Fenway Park's left field wall have been targeted in what Monster Cable officials say is an aggressive legal strategy to protect the firm's good name.
"We have an obligation to protect our trademark; otherwise we'd lose it, " said Monster Cable founder Noel Lee.
Critics like Victor Petrucci, founder of a small, family-owned online clothing store called MonsterVintage.com in Camas, Wash., say Monster Cable is going overboard.
"They strong-arm anybody who uses the word 'monster,' " said Petrucci, who is fighting a lawsuit that Monster Cable filed against his firm in August. "I sell used clothing. How can I damage them at all?"
Petrucci drew public attention with a big protest sign attached to a truck outside the main parking lot during a 49ers game shortly after Monster Cable bought the naming rights to Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
Monster Cable legal counsel David Tognotti said it has registered more than 50 trademarks covering a wide range of products, including furniture, food and clothing. "We've spent millions of dollars as well as countless hours building our brand," he said.
Tognotti is preparing for a trial against the Discovery Channel over the popular TV series "Monster Garage," which he claims uses images of "provocative women" and an iron cross logo that could tarnish Monster Cable's image.
With MonsterVintage, Tognotti said he tried to stop Petrucci's use of a logo that is very similar to Monster Cable's.
"We called them and said, 'We'd like you to stop,' " Tognotti said. "He continued to ignore us, so we filed a lawsuit in federal court."
According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and court records, Monster Cable has gone after other notable monsters:
-- Walt Disney Co., which distributed Pixar Animation Studios' hit film "Monsters, Inc."
-- Bally Gaming International Inc. for its Monster Slots.
-- Hansen Beverage Co. for a Monster Energy drink.
-- The Chicago Bears, whose nickname is "Monsters of the Midway."
In most cases, Monster Cable has been able to work out a settlement or nominal licensing agreement, Tognotti said.
For example, a deal is in the works with the owner of the Fenway Park Monster Seats trademark that will result in some seats being made available for charitable purposes at Monster and Fenway parks.
In 1999, Monster Cable sued the company it has been most mistaken for, Monster.com., the Maynard, Mass., online job-hunting site. The companies settled in February 2000, but agreed to keep the terms confidential.
However, trademark law attorney Anthony Malutta, who once defended a client in a case filed by Monster Cable, noted that Monster.com's site has a link to Monster Cable, not the other way around.
Monster Cable's policing of its trademark strengthens its legal rights and scares off would-be monsters, said Malutta, of Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP of San Francisco.
However, that tactic might "hurt them if they go after everybody who uses 'monster,' like a little clothing company that really is not a source of confusion at all," he said.

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He's not even governor yet, but that didn't stop Jerry Brown from having a huge Kumbaya meeting with state legislators, local officials, key bureaucrats, and just about any else who wanted to weigh in on California's massive budget crisis. This week's gathering, an outgrowth of a campaign promise, was an attempt by Brown to get as many officials as possible on the same page regarding the budget mess. Getting them in the same room may be the only tangible outcome of the effort, however, but even that could be an important step on the state's congested budget highway.
On Wednesday, Brown pledged to do everything he can to get California's budget back on track when he takes over from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in January but warned solutions will be painful.
The meeting may pay off for Brown in two respects. First, by consulting, Brown has gone a long way in separating himself from predecessors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis, both of whom took rather imperial views of their positions versus the other branches of state government. That approach only created divisions that deepened over time, with massive gridlock as the result. This way, Brown is showing elected officials and the public alike that he is open to new ideas from political friend and foe alike.
Second, there is no doubt that Brown will take a tax hike package to the voters in the future. The only questions are what kind of package and when? By consulting with the major players in advance, Brown will be able to show that he had no choice,given the other hopeless alternatives for the state. And because of Brown's outreach efforts, opponents may not be quite so anxious to take hard stands against the new (again) governor.
In politics, much of the governor's power depends upon the cooperation of 120 legislators--individuals with 120 huge egos. Unlike the Jerry Brown of 35 years ago, the new Jerry Brown realizes seeking the input of others may go along way toward improving his position with them and the voters. And if path to the electorate can be smoothed out through consultations and compromises, Brown may be on the road to forging a consensus environment that was abandoned many years ago.


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Thank you for the two interesting links.
I had not known about ESL forums until I accidently
discovered one more than a year ago while surfing the Net.
Having never run a business, I had no idea that it took a lot of
money to run an ESL site. As one visitor, here are my views:
(1) Is there some way to advertise this website so that more
people throughout the world know about it?
(2) I agree with the person in one of the links who said that
an ESL site should be "friendly." Visitors should feel that they are
genuinely welcomed and cherished.
(3) Personally, I have no problem with website ads. In fact,
some people might welcome them. For example, you could start a
classified ads section. Listings could include language schools,
grammar books, tutors, job opportunities, etc.
(4) The freemium idea sounds good. I understand that it works
for some newspapers, such as The Financial Times. The New York
Times is introducing it in 2011. If I really, really, really wanted a
reliable answer to some particular question, I might be willing to
pay a reasonable fee. (Of course, you would be deluged with
people needing answers to their homework!!!)
(5) Of course -- as someone said in the link -- the most important
thing is the website's reputation. (I think that a popular word
being used in the United States nowadays for reputation is
"brand.") The goal: Whenever anyone in the world wants
an informed answer (that is, an accurate answer), s/he will
automatically think: I shall go to usingenglish.com because
I know that it has a reputation for supplying informed answers.
(Of course, this may mean that only teachers accepted by
you will be allowed to answer visitors' questions.)
English Teacher


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Bath School of Rock
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Steve Alexander
Most recently Steve has been touring with Maggie Reilly and Mari Wilson, both in Europe and the UK.
He has given many drum clinics and performed at various percussion festivals all over the world including South America, Europe and the Far East and is a regular contributor to the 'Professional Programme' for the MODERN MUSIC SCHOOL.
After having to take a little time off from playing drums a few years ago, he has gotten more and more busy as a composer and producer writing extensively for TV, with clients including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, The FA, Motorola, World Rally Championship, The RFL Carnegie Cup, Setanta Sports and others.
Whilst writing the'Swarm Intelligence' EP, it came to the notice of vocalist Renn, which led to the formation of Flashman.
"I am really enjoying drumming more than ever and am looking forward to some new adventures in the world they call 'music'. A small triumph of optimism over experience you might say".


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In the next few weeks there are going to be so many Lincoln updates that you'll be pining for the good old days when nothing happened other than the occasional Liam Neeson visit to Springfield.
As is his custom, Daniel Day-Lewis was fanatically committed to his role in Spielberg's upcoming Lincoln film. This according to Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who plays Robert Todd Lincoln and whose character in The Dark Knight Rises was utterly superfluous, thank you very much.
Producer Kathleen Kennedy also talked to reporters about Spielberg's Lincoln. More importantly, she gave a progress report on the next Jurassic Park installment. (One of these days I'll finally give in and make this a history/dinosaur blog.)
There's already been misplaced criticism of Day-Lewis's portrayal of Lincoln's voice. All you people who want your Lincoln to sound like Gregory Peck need to read up on what his voice was actually like.


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I still didn't get it even after blow's message (which by the way was a direct quote from http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LookandSaySequence.html ....). I had to click there a link that directed me to http://www.research.att.com/cgi-bin/...gi?Anum=005150 which gave an example I finally also understood :
Hope this helps someone else too who doesn't dare to ask....Example: E.g. the term after 1211 is obtained by saying "one 1, one 2, two 1's", which gives 111221.


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I was watching this video from Walter Lewin and while watching these two videos, I noticed there is a "contradiction" in what he is doing. All links direct you exactly to where he begins, so you don't have to search it yourself
LR Circuit
Resistor Circuit (Kirchoff's Law)
In the LR Circuit video, he sets his current to run CCW and traverses CCW. Then he mentions about the electric field present in the circuit and he sets up the equation:
$$+IR - V = -L\frac{\mathrm{d} I}{\mathrm{d} t} $$
In the Resistor Circuit (Kirchoff's Law) video, he talks about potentials going up and down. He prepared beforehand for us the direction of the current in the circuit. He begins at point P, he traverses the circuit CCW (in the direction of the current). This time, however, he didn't mention anything about the electric field present in the circuit. As he traverses the outer loop, he gets the equation:
$$-6 + 20 - 1 - 2 - \varepsilon_2 - 4 = 0$$
Notice that he gets $-6$ this time when he traverses in the direction of the current? As opposed from the LR Circuit video, he gets $+IR$ when he traverses in the direction of the current.
Could someone please clarify what is going on? Thank you very much. I am unable to progress because of this confounding concept


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NBCUniversal gathers cable channels under 1 exec
NBCUniversal has united its cable channels under the command of long-time executive Bonnie Hammer, leaving Lauren Zalaznick, who previously controlled Bravo, Oxygen, Style and Sprout, to focus on innovation and emerging technology initiatives.
NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke announced the shakeup and the creation of the Cable Entertainment Group in an internal memo Monday. Hammer already controlled USA Network, Syfy, E!, G4 and other channels.
Zalaznick will oversee digital assets such as the Fandango movie-ticket site and women's news site DailyCandy, and cross-company collaboration efforts.
Burke also said that Joe Uva, the former CEO of Univision, is joining NBCUniversal to become chairman of its Spanish-language assets, which include the Telemundo and mun2 networks.
NBCUniversal is owned by Comcast Corp. and has theme parks and a movie business besides the television channels.


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most overrated, most underrated fighters
just wanted to get a discussion of who people think might be overrated fighters based on inflated records due to fighting nobodys and fighters that have deceiving records cuz they fight top fighters but are much better then their records show.
Re: most overrated, most underrated fighters
ill start by saying Erik Vo (9-10) is UNDERrated as he is just coming off a win over Nick Kirk (fought in Bellator and is 10-4, 3 of those losses came in Bellator, the other to Vo).
another UNDERrated fighter I would say is Josh Wiseman (1-4 but had great fights with Jamal Galehdari and Donald Williams, keep in mind that Wiseman is an extremely decorated wrestler winning state and nationals also has developed good hands.
whats intriguing is that Wiseman and Vo will be fighting each other this coming Saturday should be an exciting fight!
Re: most overrated, most underrated fighters
first OVERrated fighter that comes to mind is Robert Tahtinen who is ranked #8 at 145, I know he hasn't lost yet but he has not beat any worthy opponents either.
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I am in the process of developing a World Wide Web page that will act as a Sister-Web with public k-12 schools. The Web will be used for Plant Sciences and: 1) Distance tutoring of middle/high school students by college students, 2) Plant Science career information (Where, how, and why plants are used in industry), and 3) Academic Information for high school students that are looking for colleges and technical schools that teach plant sciences. The current test site is the public school system in the Highbridge community, South Bronx, NY City, NY. Plans are to expand from there. What I need from others across country/globe: (No need to respond to all of these questions, just one or two would be great). 1) Does your college/university have a Web page for biology/plant biology? If so what is it so that I can point students to it? If there is a Pre-college education focus, please let me know! 2) Do you know of plant science industry web pages (informative pages about plant science processes/products)? 3) I am looking for someone who might have tried tutoring/two-way communication via the web. 4) Individual webs for specialized plant science information (plant anatomy, systematics, molecular biology). 5) Pre-college educators (formal or informal/non-formal): if you are interested in progress/development of this Web page, send me an email. Thank you in advance for your information and assistance. Dan. ************************************************************ Dr. Daniel J. Tennessen Phone: 607-255-1799 Cornell Unviersity Fax: 607-255-9998 47 Plant Sciences Bldg. email:djt6 at cornell.edu Ithaca, NY 14853 CENET:dan_tennessen at cce.cornell.edu *************************************************************


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2-way valve
The purpose of a 2-way control valve is to shut off water flow or to control and regulate flow through a pipe.
3-way valve
The purpose of a 3-way control valve is to shut off water flow in one pipe while opening water flow in another pipe, to mix water from two different pipes into one pipe, or to separate water from one pipe into two different pipes.
Abrasive liquids
An abrasive liquid contains substances, often minerals or inorganic substances, that are harder than the material they rub against.
Whilst mitigation means working to reduce greenhouse gases, adaption contrasts by focussing the efforts on trying to control the environmental damage instead of trying to reduce it.
In wastewater transport and treatment aerobic means that oxygen is available and that it can be used as an oxidation agent in the degradation of organic matter.
Air cooler
The function of an air cooler is similar to that of an evaporator. What makes it diff. is the type of cooling medium it uses.
Air Handling Unit (AHU)
An Air Handling Unit (AHU) is used to condition and circulate air as part of a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning system.
Air heating
A heating system in a building can be based on radiators, convectors, floor heating, air heating or a combination of these.
Air vent
To prevent corrosion and problems with operation, heating and air-conditioning systems must be constructed so that air can be removed both when the system is filled and during subsequent operation.
Airlift pump
The airlift pump – also called mammoth pump – exploits the increase of the oxygen intake in water under pressure.


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If you've been following along on our Project XS Chevelle series, you know that we had an enormous amount of rust repair to deal with on this car. Enough that after this installment, only about 10 percent of the car's original sheetmetal will still be left, and most of that is in the firewall area.
To recap, the main purpose of this project is to show you how even the rustiest of cars can be saved, especially when they're as rare as our ragtop. Our convertible is one of just under 7,600 drop-tops built by Chevy in the '70 model year, out of almost 500,000 total Chevelles produced. That's only about 1.5 percent of production, making even the most tattered shell worth some money.
The good news is this will be the last rust-repair story on Project XS. (Allow pause for cheering.) From here on out, we'll get into really building this car and passing along helpful things that'll maybe give our audience some ideas for their own Bow Ties. We're going to cover the prepping of our Art Morrison A-body chassis, installing a cool front accessory drive on our 572 big-block, and delve into some how-to on selecting the right gears for a manual trans install. Plus a lot of other good stuff.
In the meantime, let's exorcise the last bit of cancer from our project.


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This week's highlights: The Golden Hour and The BLENDER Fundraiser! Blender exists on all levels and starts 8pm each day. For the duration of the BLENDER, the Forest will be fully licensed (NO BYOB). Come enjoy yourself and help us raise the money we need!
Monday 19th April
9-close Film Night - 4 eyed monsters
Digital media is simply a new language they fell in love through... www.foureyedmonsters.com/trailer/
Wednesday 21st April
7 -8pm Gramophone Hour
78's from 7 to 8
8-close The Golden Hour
April showers bring: Helen Mort, Misa Klimes, Nik Cook, Endor, The Sparrows and Freight Tray. Strap on your dancin' wellies!
BLENDER Fundraiser
Thursday 22nd April
8pm-1am, Hall: PUNK THE FOREST
Witches' Revenge, The BLuD SLuGs, The Stay Gones and The Plimptons
8pm-1am, Cafe: POLICEBOX
Paul Montague of Missing Cat and Black Diamond Express
Friday 23rd April
8pm-1am, Hall: POLICEBOX
Graeme Mearns, Lipsync for a Lullaby, The Byrone
8pm-1am, Café: JIGGERY FUCKERY
Saturday 24th April
8pm-1am, Hall: THE BOWERY
Maybe Myrtle Turtle, The Leg, DJs Popscure et Le Vangelis and more tbc
8pm-1am, Café: PLASTICKFORK
Firebrand Boy, The Founding Wheel, Jack & Heinrichs, fuel diva
Sunday 25th April
2-5pm, Hall: Free fair
Featuring Forest folk, Flocklocal, Food Not Bombs, Freegle and 'One Man's Junk' Craft Workshop
8pm-1am, Café: REGGAE SUNDAY PRESENTS DUB SOUP
Starting with family friendly kiddie dancing in the afternoon and some serious adult jiggling through the night, peppered with live music, cooked up by you! No croutons.
19th April- 2nd May
Please Assume the Crash Position
Paintings by Brian Cheeswright
Old Hat books
Free Radical Book & Hat Library
Mondays - Wednesdays – Saturdays: 4pm – 8pm
All workshops are FREE and open to everybody. Share skills – create a workshop. Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Mon, 11-12am: Chi Kung lesson (Hall)
Mon, 12am-1pm: Self Defense (beginners) (Hall)
Tue, 7-9pm: Origami Workshop (Action room)
Tue, 7-9.30pm: Forest Choir (Hall)
Wed, 2pm: Gaelic workshop (Cafe)
Thu, 11-12am: Chi Kung lesson (Hall)
Thu, 8pm: Architecture does talk(s) (Action room )
Fri, 5-6pm: Self Defense for beginners (Hall)
Sun, 7.30pm: Forest Drama Group (Hall)
Sun, 2-5pm: A Scrappage Salvage (Hall-part of the Free Fair)
Weekly programme 19-25 April
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Hello and welcome back!
Last Saturday, Archbishop Thomas Kwaku Mensah from Kumasi, Ghana visited us at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. He and a number of his priests and people were visiting our immigrant community from Ghana.
He is a neighbor to Cardinal Peter Turkson, also from Ghana, who is a very good friend of mine and used to help me when I was in the Virgin Islands.
We are very blessed by the African Catholics who have moved to the Bay State. Africa is the continent where the Church is growing the fastest, and the immigration to our country reflects that extraordinary growth in the life of the Catholic Church.
Within the archdiocese, we have communities of Catholics from Ghana, Nigeria, Congo and Uganda as well as the Ethiopian-Eritrean community at the cathedral itself.
There are so many whose arrival on our shores these last years have enriched the Church. So, we are very pleased we occasionally have the opportunity to greet their bishops. We are also very pleased that the bishops from their home countries feel a responsibility and a link to the immigrant communities that are forming here.
During his visit, Archbishop Mensah thanked me for the support his diocese has received through the mission appeals that are done in our parishes. He has had his priests preach at our parishes, and the Catholics of Boston have been very generous to him.
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Sunday Aug. 2 is the Feast of the Portiuncula in Assisi, Italy, and it is also the anniversary of my ordination as a bishop.
This church is considered, in many ways, the mother church of the Franciscan order. It is where St. Francis held the chapters, the meetings of the friars; it is where St. Clare took her vows; it is where St. Francis chose to die.
The Portiuncula is a very tiny chapel and, in order to preserve it, the large Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels has been built on top of it. So it looks a bit funny when you go into the basilica and find another church inside.
The Portiuncula
The basilica
In this photo you can see how the Portiuncula looks almost like a playhouse inside the basilica
The Franciscan friars still pay the rent on the Portiuncula, which actually belongs to the Benedictines. For nearly 800 years, we have been paying one basket of fish a year. I always say that it is the greatest example of rent control in the history of the world!
Those in the Boston area who have never seen the original may be interested to know that Cardinal Richard Cushing built a magnificent replica of the Portiuncula in Hanover at the Cardinal Cushing Centers. In fact, he chose the chapel as his final resting place.
Cardinal Cushing at the chapel's original dedication
He was so dedicated to detail that even made sure that all the materials that went into building it came from Assisi
The interior and exterior of the replica Portiuncula in Hanover as it exists today
An interesting fact related to the Portiuncula is the story of the Portiuncula Indulgence.
St. Francis was anxious for people to be able to receive the same indulgences and blessings that they would receive had they been able to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. So he went to the pope and requested that those indulgences and blessings be attached to a visit to the Portiuncula. This was called the Portiuncula Indulgence and the feast became known as the "Perdono d' Assisi", the Pardon of Assisi.
That privilege was later extended to all Franciscan chapels and churches. After the Second Vatican Council, it was extended even further to include a visit to any parish church on that day, as long as the usual requirements for a plenary indulgence are fulfilled: going to Confession, receiving Communion, and praying for the intentions of the Holy Father.
The Holy Father made reference to this in his Sunday Angelus address:
… today is the feast of the "Pardon of Assisi," which St. Francis obtained from Pope Honorious III in the year 1216, after having a vision while he was praying in the little church of the Portiuncula. Jesus appeared to him in his glory, with the Virgin Mary on his right and surrounded by many Angels. They asked him to express a wish and Francis implored a "full and generous pardon" for all those who would visit that church who "repented and confessed their sins". Having received papal approval, the Saint did not wait for any written document but hastened to Assisi and when he reached the Portiuncula announced the good news: "Friends, the Lord wants to have us all in Heaven!". Since then, from noon on 1 August to midnight on the second, it has been possible to obtain, on the usual conditions, a Plenary Indulgence, also for the dead, on visiting a parish church or a Franciscan one.
I want to mention something about indulgences, which are often misunderstood. Indulgences are not forgiveness for sin but forgiveness for temporal punishment due to sin.
I like to explain it to people with the following story:
As a child, once I came home very late for dinner. My mother was very upset, and seeing how upset she was, I felt very repentant and I told her that it would never happen again. She told me she forgave me, but as my punishment I would have to do the dishes.
So there was repentance and forgiveness, but there was still punishment.
But, as I started doing the dishes, my nana came in and said, "I will help you."
That is an indulgence.
God loves us and he forgives us, but in His justice there is still some punishment for sin. The indulgence is when the merits and the sufferings of Jesus and the saints are applied to that punishment. The Portiuncula Indulgence is a wonderful symbol of that.
Because of the great importance of this feast, I chose August 2 for my ordination when I was appointed a bishop 25 years ago.
I was ordained at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. It was the first time anyone had been ordained a bishop there. The custom in the past had been that bishops would be ordained in their hometown, and then sent off and installed, particularly in missionary places and places that were farther away. For example Bishop Edward Harper, who ordained me, was a Redemptorist who had been ordained at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Brooklyn and then installed in St. Thomas.
However, Cardinal James Hickey, who was our metropolitan, suggested that it would be a good introduction to have the ordination in the Virgin Islands and I was very pleased that I did.
My co-consecrators were Cardinal Hickey and Bishop Eugene Marino, who at that time was the auxiliary bishop of Washington.
Many of my family, friends and parishioners from Washington joined us with the people of the Virgin Islands. It was a wonderful celebration — a bit warm in the tropical heat of August — but a very happy celebration.
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I marked the 25th anniversary of my episcopal ordination on Sunday with a public Mass at St. Patrick Parish in Natick. The pastor there, Father Brian Kiely, had been the rector of our cathedral in the Virgin Islands.
I was very happy to go to his parish and celebrate on my anniversary. The parishioners were very gracious, the musical program was outstanding and we had an opportunity to greet the parishioners at the parish hall afterwards.
Father Kiely
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Then in the evening of this very important Franciscan feast, I went for vespers and dinner with the Franciscan friars at Arch Street.
They had a lovely cake for me and gave me a nice gift.
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On Monday, we headed off to Phoenix for the Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus. I try to attend that every year.
From Boston, Bishops Allue and Hennessey attended along with many of our knights, their families and some of our priests, including Father Tom Rafferty who is now Associate State Chaplain.
All the Massachusetts bishops with the state officers
With the Boston priests before opening Mass
Bishop Hennessey, Father Bob O'Grady and Father Charles Connolly at Clergy Luncheon following opening Mass
Receiving an anniversary gift from the Mass State Council
CatholicTV provided full coverage of the convention
The Knights of Columbus is the largest Catholic fraternal organization in the world, founded by the Venerable Father Michael McGivney, whose cause has been presented for canonization.
Father McGivney
He was a priest in Hartford, Connecticut and founded the Knights to help, particularly immigrant, Catholics by providing aid to the widows and orphans of workers who had difficult and dangerous occupations and often were injured or lost their lives. In those days, there weren't the kinds of insurance or social safety nets that we have today.
Father McGivney, in a very creative and compassionate plan, came up with an organization to deal with those very real material needs of the immigrants and, at the same time, to deepen their Catholic formation and commitment to the life of the Church.
As Supreme Knight Carl Anderson said in his address, men become Knights of Columbus to become better Catholics, better husbands, better fathers and better citizens.
That is certainly the effect that it has on the membership. We are very, very grateful for all that the Knights of Columbus do supporting their parishes, supporting family life, promoting vocations and defending the gospel of life and the institution of marriage.
I would like to take this opportunity to encourage the men of the archdiocese to become involved in the Knights of Columbus and to promote it in their parishes. I would also like to ask our priests to promote the parish councils, which are such a wonderful source of vitality for the Church.
Carl Anderson gave a magnificent address in his report.
He talked about health care and insisted that the health care plan needs to be abortion free. He invited the knights to be vigilant and support health plans that help the poor and clearly communicate to our government that any health care reform must respect the most very basic right of all — the right to life. He also documented many of the achievements of the Knights of Columbus, particularly the tremendous support they have given to seminarians, novices and postulants, particularly in this Year for Priests, the theme of the convention was standing with the Holy Father in support of our priests and bishops.
At the opening banquet, Bishop Thomas Olmsted, the bishop of Phoenix, read from the letters of Father Eusebio Kino, the great missionary whose statue is in the rotunda of the U.S. Capital.
Bishop Olmsted
Quoting about what he found in Arizona when he arrived there — the insects, the reptiles and the animals as well as the plants with their thorns — were very hostile, but he said there is no where he would rather have been. He commented on the dry heat — and it certainly was hot at 114 degrees — but the people in Arizona love it and the city has grown considerably in the last few years.
As always, there was a wonderful opportunity for the knights and their families to gather and see the tremendous growth in the order, not only in the United States but in the Philippines, Canada, Poland, Cuba and Mexico.
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After nearly seven years of service, the Office of Child Advocacy's Implementation and Oversight Advisory Committee had its last business meeting in February and I hosted a luncheon meeting on Thursday at the Pastoral Center to convey my gratitude for all their support and hard work.
The advisory committee is a group of volunteer lay professionals who have generously given of their time and talent by meeting monthly since 2003 to assist the archdiocese's child abuse prevention efforts.
Members of the committee represent a great diversity of professional, clinical, educational, and research backgrounds on the tremendously complex issues of child abuse and its prevention in our society.
Among its many important works, the committee assisted with writing and the review of the archdiocese's "Policies and Procedures for the Protection of Children" and the "Code of Ministerial Behavior". They also helped to develop Child Abuse Prevention Teams in every parish and cluster; oversaw an alignment of the children's safety curricula with the archdiocese's Religious Education Curriculum Guidelines; assisted in the conversations with the major publishers of religious education texts to produce alignment documents between the child safety program and their curricula; completed and delivered "Children First," the first two-year assessment of the archdiocese's policies and procedures; and successfully developed a pilot program for assessing effectiveness of the archdiocese's programs for child protection and abuse prevention.
These accomplishments have helped the archdiocese to create model education and abuse prevention programs, and served to make the schools and parishes safer environments for our children than ever before.
The members of committee include the chair, Dr. Mary Jane Doherty, special assistant to the President of Regis College; Dr. Craig Latham, a certified forensic psychologist, juvenile court clinician and founder of the Latham Consulting Group, LLC; Rev. Dr. Cynthia Crossen-Tower, an educator, psychotherapist, consultant, and noted author; Robert Gittens, Esq., Vice President for Public Affairs at Northeastern University; Ginny Lucey, RN, family outreach coordinator for the Office of Pastoral Support and Outreach; and Father Arthur Coyle, Episcopal Vicar for the Merrimack Region.
Several others served on the committee over its long tenure including Suzin Bartley, executive director of the Children's Trust Fund and Member of the Commission for the Protection of Children; Jack Miller, the director of programs at Massachusetts Children's Trust Fund; and Susan Getman, the former deputy commissioner of the Mass. Department of Social Services and former regional administrator of the Mass. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
Our staff liaisons to the committee were Deacon Anthony Rizzuto, the director of the Office of Child Advocacy, Implementation and Oversight; and Robert Kelley the special assistant to the director and former regional director of the Mass. Department of Social Services.
I thank them all for their dedication to this very important work.
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Finally, I want to invite everyone join us on Aug. 15, the Solemnity of the Assumption, for the 11 a.m. Mass at St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine to mark the start of perpetual adoration in Boston for the first time in 40 years.
One of the posters used to promote the launch of the adoration
We are very grateful to the Oblates of the Virgin Mary for sponsoring this and to all the young adults and others who have been involved in promoting the effort.
While there are other places in the archdiocese that have perpetual adoration, such as St. Patrick's in Natick where we had Mass this past week, this will actually be the only site within the city of Boston.
This is a wonderful service and witness to the entire faith community, and we urge everyone to be conscious of it, promote it and when they are in the area, visit the shrine.
Until next week, blessings to you all!
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Paekman wrote:I tend to believe that Shero envisions players like Staal, Caputi and Pierro-Zabotel filling in our vacant top 6 forward spots over the next several seasons. So, yes, Satan and Fedotenko are bridges, but the promised land is going to most likely have to be home-grown talent, not a massive free agent acquisition.
I'm going to have to agree with you on that one. You'd have to think at least one of those guys will really become a late pick nhl star like zetterberg. I'm referring more so to caputi and zabotel, i know that stall was a first rounder.
As far as the two current acquisitions i really still think Satan especially will find his groove and may stick around at least for a couple more years after that to be a cheap winger to play along side sid with some other winger flanking him (Gaborik, or someone of that nature.)


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What are some of the technological advances that happened during your childhood? What types of technology to you enjoy using today, and which do you avoid?
I'm going to change this up a little bit and write about the most profound technological advance in my lifetime - so far. Hands down, that would be the development of the personal computer. I can remember keypunching cards in college (and in a summer job with the data processing department at American General Life Insurance Company, where my dad worked), and typing lots of papers and college organization newsletters on an (electric!) typewriter.
That all changed (for me at least) in 1984. I was working for the City of Corpus Christi (and Mark) then, and he sent me to a presentation to learn more about the Apple Lisa computer. I was hooked, but the price tag at the time (about $10K!) made getting one out of the question (for home or work). Later, though, our office did acquire an IBM PC, and part of my job was to test software and look for ways we could use it in our work. I was a beta tester for WordPerfect 4.0, one of the earliest word processors for personal computers. I also used spreadsheet applications like VisiCalc and Microsoft Multiplan (the precursor to Excel), and came up with some models that we actually used, for example, to forecast water revenues under different rate scenarios, and allocate data processing expenditures.
|Lisa by atmasphere - Jonathan Greene
|Macintosh 128 by Ian Muttoo
Here's an interesting article that relates to this topic: Generations and Their Gadgets.
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A smart wristwatch featuring an E-Ink display was recently announced as a Kickstarter project. Developed by start-up InPulse, the
Pebble smartwatch is currently filling its funding coffers via kickstart donations, and it looks like a potentially interesting competitor to the Android-based WIMM One device I reviewed last month. I suspect that if the E-Ink display proves popular and is responsive enough for effective multi-touch gestures, it could prompt WIMM to release a future version of its device with an E-Ink display as well, especially if it reduces weight and power consumption.
Sporting an ARM Cortext-M3 microcontroller and a 144×168 E-Ink display surface, the Pebble should have enough computing power to provide basic interactions with an Android or iOS device. Scenarios include the display of text messages, weather, media controls, and meeting alerts. A free Pebble SDK is forthcoming, but as of the date of this post, it's not yet available for download.
However, InPulse has yet to ship its product (it might also likely have to change its company name, since a well-established company by that same name has existed for years, as a quick Google search shows). Given the uncertainty of Kickstart project promised deliverables, it will be a race for Pebble to hit its intended release date of August 2012. But I'm intrigued by the fact that wearable computing devices like the WIMM and the Pebble are appearing on the technology radar scopes. I hope to get my hands on the Pebble once it's available later this year and explore its SDK, functional aspects, and comparison to the WIMM One incumbent. Stay tuned… more to come.
With tablets becoming the new PCs, wearables could become the new mobiles.


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Lindenwood University and Little Guppy Child Development Centers (LGCDC) have formed a partnership to offer eligible employees at both locations discounted services. The university offers tuition assistance to LGCDC staff, while reduced child-care rates are available to full-time Lindenwood employees and students.
"It's a win-win situation," said Joe Parisi, dean of day admissions at Lindenwood. "This is a wonderful collaboration aimed at making it easier for both adults and their children to attend excellent educational organizations."
LGCDC waives their $50 enrollment fee and offers a 10 percent discount per enrolled child to Lindenwood staff and students. The offer applies at both of the organization's two locations in St. Charles County: 1078 Bryan Road in O'Fallon, Mo., and 3151 Elm Point Industrial Drive in St. Charles, Mo.
Lindenwood awards LGCDC employees who are undergraduate, residential students a grant in the amount of $2,000 plus an additional $2,400 Work and Learn award. Traditional commuter students may receive a $1,200 grant.
LCDG employees who enroll in masters courses within Lindenwood's School of Education are eligible for a $60 per credit hour grant, while those enrolled in non-education master's courses are eligible for a $25 per credit hour grant.
"Lindenwood is giving our nearly 90 employees the opportunity to further their formal educations at its esteemed school," said Debbie Civey, CEO of Little Guppy Child Development Centers. "And we're helping Lindenwood by offering their employees and students a setting in which they can be confident their children will flourish."
Lindenwood University, founded in 1827, is an independent liberal arts university offering 84 undergraduate degree programs and 37 graduate programs in diverse areas of study in traditional and accelerated formats.
Lindenwood operates a residential campus in historic St. Charles, as well as 10 extension sites throughout the St. Louis Metropolitan area.


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Our annual TIME 100 magazine issue takes stock of the 100 most influential people of the year, and this year that list included Christian Marclay, the artist behind the highly-regarded video piece The Clock. That piece is only one highlight from the artist's varied career— which extends itself in across an array of mediums, from sound and performance, to photography and sculpture—some of his other work is featured in the gallery above.
Geoff Dyer—whose many books include The Ongoing Moment, a series of essays about photography—wrote about Marclay for TIME:
Wherever it has been shown, Christian Marclay's The Clock has been met with a rare combination of critical approval and public affection—love, even. The idea was audacious in its simplicity and herculean in execution: take moments in films when people are interacting with time—looking at their watches, hurrying to intercept the 3:10 to Yuma or hanging on to the hands of Big Ben—and splice them together in such a way that they unfold in real time over 24 hours, so that the whole thing becomes an accurate (to the minute) timepiece. During the film's opening run in London, I had intended to stay long enough to get the gag—10 minutes?—before hurrying on to a lunch date. It was so hypnotic, so thrilling, that I ended up watching 20 hours over a month, arranging life and appointments (for which I was invariably late) in such a way as to catch previously unseen segments of that celluloid epic called a day.
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Boulder Digital Works recently put on a two-day Executive Workshop around the theme of 'Making Digital Work'. Industry leaders – who on paper are 'rivals' – came together for an intensive, collaborative and interactive program around evolving agencies and agency talent in readiness for the emerging landscape (there's a bunch more detail about the Executive Workshops right here).
In this short film, put together by the tirelessly enthusiastic & ever-disruptive Edward Boches from Mullen, Gareth Kay (GS&P), Matt Howell (Modernista), Kim Laama (AKQA), Brian Morrissey (AdWeek), Kat Egan (Exopolis) & David Slayden (Executive Director of BDW) share their thoughts after a two-day executive session at Boulder Digital Works. This gives you a sense of the energy and enthusiasm of those who come to teach and learn and share at BDW.
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PHILADELPHIA – Towson (8-7) and No. 16 Drexel (11-4) went down to the wire in their Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament semifinal before the Dragons' Ryan Belka scored the game winner in the first overtime to send Drexel to the title game with an 11-10 victory over Towson on Vidas Field Saturday afternoon.
"I'm proud of the way our guys regrouped after that two-goal spurt [Drexel] had," said Head Coach Shawn Nadelen. "During the timeout we just told them to slow down, take a breath and they did. We came back and made some plays, but we didn't win the ground ball game and the face-offs [Drexel won 19-of-23] were key."
Junior Greg Cuccinello's four points (3g, 1a) led the Tigers. Classmate Ben McCarty added two goals, while freshman Joe Seider contributed a goal and two assists. Ben McIntosh and Cole Shafer each had four goals for the Dragons. Tiger keeper Tyler White made 14 saves.
Drexel took a quick 2-0 lead just 1:12 into the game. Towson did not go on offense until 11:03 in the quarter. The Tigers recovered to get within one, 3-2, despite not winning a face-off in the first quarter. Towson took its first lead, 5-4, at 5:25 in the second when Cuccinello scored a fast-break goal, and the Tigers held a 6-5 lead at the break.
The second half was a tightly contested affair; after a brief tie at 6-6 at the start of the third quarter. Towson led by no more than three goals until 2:14 when McIntosh put Drexel back in front, 10-9. Grimaldi tied it at 10-10 before freshman short-stick defensive midfielder Jack Adams nearly tallied the game winner; however, his shot rang off the post as the buzzer sounded. Belka's golden goal snuck in low for the victory.
Junior Justin Mabus got the Tigers on the board at 8:39 in the first when he received a pass right in front of the net from Seider. Drexel took a 3-1 lead before McCarty scored unassisted on a bounce at 4:07 in the first. The Dragons led until 5:25 in the second quarter when Cuccinello scored unassisted before Seider added a man-up goal with 4:04 left before the half.
Drexel's Shafer tied the game again at 6-6 at 12:43 in the third quarter. Towson then received two goals in just over a minute from defenseman Mike Lowe and McCarty before Cuccinello and Seider combined on an extra-man goal with two minutes to go in the frame to put Towson up, 9-6.
However, Drexel rebounded and scored the next four goals to take a 10-9 lead with 2:14 remaining in the game. DeNapoli fed Grimaldi for the game-tying goal, and Adams' near-miss sent the game into overtime.
Drexel outshot Towson 43-30 and won the ground ball game, 39-17 – mostly off face-offs. The Dragons committed 14 turnovers to Towson's 11, and the Tigers held Drexel scoreless on EMO (0-5). Towson was 2-4 on man-up chances.
The game looked in doubt from the moment Towson arrived at Drexel at 5 p.m. on April 30. An hour and 15 minutes later, the game was postponed due to unplayable fields. The Tigers trekked to southern New Jersey to stay for the evening and then fought through an hour and a half of traffic to go eight miles and arrive back at Vidas Field on May 1. The game had been scheduled for 12 p.m. It began at 12:45 p.m.
"Our guys handled a lot of adversity just getting here," noted Nadelen. "An hour and a half to go eight miles? We were ready to play last night."
Earlier in the day, seniors DeNapoli, John Fennessy, juniors JoJo Ostrander and Mabus and freshmen Seider and Ryan Drenner all earned post-season All-CAA honors. Ostrander earned a spot on the first time, DeNapoli, Mabus and Fennessy were on the second team and Seider and Drenner earned spots on the all-rookie team.


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This soft 4 mm twisted cotton macrame rope is part of our well known Mediterranean Line and it comes in over 30 colors. It is made in Spain by a small family owned manufacturer. The 100% coton rope, so a natural fiber, is made out of recycled materials. Because we (and they!) care about the environment.
3-ply rope is made of 3 entwined strands. It is a bit sturdier than the single twisted stringrope and that makes it easier to knot as a beginner.
This listing is the 4mm, 3-ply twisted rope in Off white (natural).
You can see all colors on the pictures. I also added some color comparisons for those colors that are alike. If something is still unclear, please don't hesitate to contact me!
There is about 50 meters on a roll and the weight of 1 cone is about 700 grams.
Because it is a natural product, the exact length differs a bit per cone (due to the stretch) - therefore it is listed as about 50 meters (could be a bit more or a bit less but it is always at least 46 meters (and I also had cones of 55 meters so....).
The rope gives you - very easy! - a beautiful fringe if desired!
We already sell this rope for over 4 years and are really happy to do so.
When I made a lot of macrame myself, I noted how much rope you need for a macrame piece... it made me think about the footprint I leave on the planet as all these meters need to be made from natural cotton.... and that was the start of my cooperation with this Spanish company for my Mediterranean Line.
Our Mediterranean Line is made entirely from recycled materials in a small family owned business in Spain! How great is that!
They buy left over cotton from all over Spain and turn that into their fabulous macramerope and stringrope. For example, the primrose pink comes from left over material from a sheet and pillow company!
It also means that there is a limit to the amount available. Sometimes, they are able to buy a lot of a particular color but it also happens, it is just a little bit. We therefore advice you to buy all you need at once as it could be, after some time, the color is either replaced by a color that is alike but not exactly the same (due to the lack of recycled material in that color) or it is not coming back at all.
But hey, they produce SO many incredible colors and come with new colors so often, that seems like a small price to pay, right?
I am also very proud of the cooperation with this small company. The owners and me have a lot of contact and together with an USA seller, I am the only one who gets to offer you their 'limited edition' colors (they only make a small batch of these colors as the recycled material to use is only little) and often we are one of the first to show you their newest colors. They also help me out when needed; for huge or speed orders; they sometimes even produce overnight and ship it to me if possible. Love them!
Oh and if you make macrame to sell; please do realize, the fact that you use recycled material could be an extra plus to buy it for those who care of the environment as well ;-)
Within the Mediterranean Line, we also offer stringrope in different cone sizes.
Besides our well known Mediterranean Line, we also have our Oriental Line with stringrope, twisted rope and braided rope in many sizes.
You can find them all in separate listings here in our shop.
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All our national shippings are shipped with track & trace. This only means you know where your package is and when to expect it. This is not an insurance in case something happens with your package while on the way.
As for the insurance of your package; please select accordingly at check out (for only €0,70 extra your package is ensured for loss, damage etc. on route). We strongly advise you to do so when you spend money (for example over €50,-) as otherwise, when something happens, we cannot be held liable.
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All our international shippings (one exception - see below) are send with a track & trace code and they are insured.
For international, small (less then 350 gram) shippings:
The international rules and regulation changed when shipping to addresses outside of the Netherlands. Unfortunately this means that from 2020 onwards, goods may no longer be franked in the same way as letters. I can frank this type of shipment as a parcel without Track & Trace (being a little cheaper), registered mail or insurance service. Other countries also require that the Dutch post shares information about the content with them digitally in advance.
Long way short: this means shipping small/light items got more expensive :-(
I choose to ONLY send items with track & trace - so as a package. As for those few euros that shipping it without track & trace, it is simply not worth it as packages tend to 'magically disapear' too often in such case.
So if you want a cute plant animal or just 1 wooden macrame ring, it might be smart to add some to your order in order to make the shipping costs more economical.
Calculated weight: for all foreign shippings:
Our system counts the total weight of your shipping. Most of the time, this should give the right shipping price in the end. But when you order a lot, we also need bigger boxes - meaning more shipping material. And this has a weight as well. So sometimes, the weight could be a bit more then automatically calculated. In that case, we will send you a message with the extra costs, before shipping your package. When you agree, we will send you an invoice for those extra shipping costs. After receiving your payment, we will ship your package.
On the other hand: if we calculated you a normal package price for shipping and there is a way of shipping it cheaper, we will do so and refund you the money you were charged too much.
Girlish or not, a pop of pink might just be what you need (besides that coffee). Soft to the eyes, warm to the heart. Not into pink? Any other sweet pastel will do the trick as well.
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Sometimes you just need some color in your life! Because it makes you happy :-) Lucky for you,
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Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the City That Rust Sorta Ignored: Denver, Colorado. Here's an Italian machine that befuddled my new neighborhood a few weeks ago.
Yes, it's the Veggie Mobile! How? Why? What does it mean?
Since Fiat made the 500 from about the time of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus until last month (actually 1957 through 1977) and didn't make many year-to-year changes, I'm forced to guess the model year of this one; the bumpers and roof seem to indicate mid-to-late 60s, but chi può dirlo?


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"American Idol" inched a little bit closer to the season finale, as the show got down to the final three after eliminating another contender from the competition.
Michael Lynche, the man who got the judges' save five weeks ago and who spent several weeks this season in the bottom three, was finally given the boot from the competition on Wednesday night.
The personal trainer, who became a first-time dad during the audition round of "Idol's" Season 9, said that appearing on the show had been the ride of his life.
"It's been unbelievable man… I just sit here right now and I think, 'I wasn't even supposed to be here,'" he said after learning the news. "Thank God for the judges [saving] me, the people, performing for my wife. You know, it's all good man."
Crystal Bowersox joined Michael in the bottom group, although show host Ryan Seacrest never clarified if the seemingly popular dreadlocked blonde was the second lowest vote getter. Earlier in the night, when Ryan began promoting contestants to the semifinal round, he said the results were in no particular order.
In fact, Casey James, who was in the bottom three last week (alongside Michael and Aaron Kelly, the latter of which who eventually went home), was the first contender told he made it through to next week. Lee DeWyze was second to get the good news.
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Here are a few photos I have of my Grandma, Edith Vivian Hunt (Brittain), from when she was a child. I'm so happy that my great grandparents, Jim and Ethel Hunt, had a camera and loved to take pictures of their family!
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Wednesday's Child: Edith Vivian Hunt
Some people may think it's a chore to organize files and photos, but I'm having a lot of fun whipping my documents into shape on Google Drive. Part of the joy is getting a fresh look at a bunch of old photos of my family members and ancestors.
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Great photos Wendy! I've been meaning to get mine more organized. I think they are great fun to look through too!ReplyDelete
Love your old family photos, especially the one of your grandmother with her short hairstyle with all those curls! She was a lovely young woman.ReplyDelete
By the way, I found your post via "Follow Friday" at Heather's Leaves For Trees blog.
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Hello All,
Today I cleared PMP exam, I was a silent spectator of the PMZilla and other forums related to PMP on web, after reviewing the challenges involved in preparation of the exam, I'm sharing my experience (Lesson Learned)
- Attended PM training for pdu's in October last year. due to family and work commitments I was not able to start preparing immediately hence I started in January 2017 early (my new year goal )
- References I've used 1 - Rita book read 3 times 2 - Andy Crowe - Read once 3 Head first Read once
- PMBOK- I've read it multiple times (I don't even remember the count but probably 7-8 times)
- I think by now those who are preapring for the exam must have understood that there is no smart way to get through the exam those who have not understood, please get this in burned in your mind as this requires a thorough preparation.
- Kindly do not attempt to purchase anything on internet who claim that they've question for PMP.. first of all it's illegal and unethical and second thing is all of them must be fake.
- I've prepared approximately 7000+ questions , did all the questions from Rita's book then all questions from Andy and HeadFirst.
Doing so many questions helped me understand what I need to analyze and how to set my thought process and prepare startegy for the exam.
- Additionally towards the end, I've purchased PMZest.com question bank of 1200 questions, as when I gave there free test I find it extremely difficult and I scored very poor, 61% was my score in first attempt.. and that was a big demotivator for me.. hence I thought of giving all the questions in PMZest a good and honest try and after first failure I've filled my knowledge gaps and then read the PMBOK and Rita again.
Post reading I've scored consistantly 72% and above in all PMZest questions and they've really good quality questions .. and I got a great support from Anmol Sinha as well, as and when required for clarification on the questions.
Mostly the PMZest focuses on very neety greety details of PMBOK which we've not read or unable to understand while studying of in classroom. and this has helped me a lot during the exam. They are kind of different as compared to what I did in PMStudy (Free)/PrepCast(Free)
- Also if you've time I encourage you all to do the Scordo questions too.. it may help you build strategy.
- I also did purchased Fahad Usmani question bank of 400 questions , they were helpful and good but I felt PMZest is far better that Fahad question bank. (In case you are thinking to invest money on questions)
- I've memorized the ITTO's for Initiating and Planning module and I did very well in exam for both of these knowledege areas.
- I skipped ITTO memorization for remaining processes but considered memorizing it for Control Risk and Control quality.
- It may vary person to person but I think memorizing them will help you during the exam. especially when you've to think which process the question is refering from PMBOK and then you can apply all the inputs and tools and choose which is best for the mentioned scenario.
- One advice I can give is prepare very good set of questions on Control cost , memorize all the formulae,
- I've refered the video's on youtube of Saket Bansal (iZenBridge) they are awesome and helped cleared lot of concepts for me, especially those related to the Conflict management and Risk strategies (positive and negative)
- Day before exam I really had a tough time sleeping all night even woke up at 3 am in the morning and got goosebumps for the exam (nightmare or probably panic attack).. but then I did my Yoga thing to get myself organized which helped me getting back on the track..
- I studied all day yesterday(i.e. day before PMP exam) but read only PMBOK..
- Finally exam :- as we are not allowed to share contents or questions in the exam, I will share the strategy which I used in the exam.. As all of us know that exam is tricky and it tends to exhaust your mind, I've decided to use my gutfill for answering the tricky or hard questions. so with this way I've covered all the questions within 3 hours (took a break for 5 minutes post 100 question).. Took two breaks total each of 5 minutes I highly recommend to take a break and disconnect from the pressure, I've marked almost 70 questions for review and I had 1 hour left for reviewing them.. and here was very important part of the exam... I've categorized them in 3 parts
1 - 70-99% sure
2 - 50-50% sure
3 - Not sure
so I kind of again filtered quickly though starting with category 1 of 70-99% sure and changed almost 10 question answers and unmarked them
Then I was left with almost around 40 questions and half hour left(30 mins)
again I did iteration for category 2 of 50-50% sure and here I changed answers for many questions as I had to give them a thorough thinking of what really question is asking and connect the context. This left me to last 10 minutes and 10 questions left for which I had no idea what they are talking about ! I kind of changed the anserws for few using general project management experience in real life, but I could complete only 4 of it.. and remaining 6 got submitted as it is.. and I ran out of the time!!
But I ensured that all 200 questions are answered.. as not attempting will get 0% probability of success and attempting a question will get you for being at least 25% probability that it is correct...
- All the best for the PMP exam & preparation ! Wishing you all great success.
Passed PMI-PMP in first attempt.. May 08 2017
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Papi, Gomes expect emotional Patriots Day
Red Sox remember victims of last year's Boston Marathon bombings
BOSTON -- As it has been for most of the week throughout the Greater Boston area, this weekend will be an emotional time for many remembering the anniversary of the tragedies of last year's Boston Marathon and the events that followed.
Fenway Park will be no different.
Patriots Day -- Marathon Monday -- is a uniquely Massachusetts day. The third Monday in April, it celebrates the commonwealth's history with visitors from around the world.
"I think we should keep on celebrating it, the way we have through the years," said Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz. "I know a lot of memories are going to be brought back to the table. … But I think Patriots' Day is one of the most beautiful days around here. And I think we should keep it the same way, especially now."
The Red Sox wanted to help the city to heal in the aftermath of the tragedy.
"To tell you the truth, you've seen what all the civilians have done, the doctors, fire fighters, police department, those are the heroes," said outfielder Jonny Gomes. "We kind of went coattails on the city and how they rallied around the city.
"We just did our job. Granted, it did end in a fairy tale ending, winning the World Series. But what this team means to the city and what this city means to us and the tragedy that did happen, I don't want to hang a win-loss record on how much we cared about the city and how much we embraced the 'Boston Strong.'"
Gomes and Ortiz somewhat became the faces of the team in dealing with the tragedy. Many remember Ortiz's colorful speech on April 20, 2013, before the Sox's first game at Fenway after the bombings. It was one of the most nervous times he can remember.
"It wasn't just being nervous," Ortiz said. "I was scared because how wonderful this country is and the security of this county gives to every single citizen. It was no sport involved, no media, no superhero. It was us, as a citizen, as a human being. Seeing the way everything was going down. But the best thing that I can tell you about everything is the way everybody got together, the way everybody fought back. I think that was one of the most amazing, unbelievable experiences that I have had."
Gomes feels a certain responsibility to those affected by the tragedies.
"I think there's certain characteristics and chores that you have to have, if you will, to be a professional athlete," Gomes said. "I've dealt with some adversity in my life in different ways. Some of the questions and some of the answers I was reaching for at the time, I don't think I have the answers for now, but I think had some experience with kind of cushioning the fall, if you will, with what some of these people are going through.
"That's kind of how I'm wired and what I stand for: winning, team, family, and of course, the city that we play in. Who are we without the fans? Where is this game without the fans? So it was pretty organic and easy to tell you the truth to reach out to the people."
Gomes, along with former Boston catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, set the World Series trophy down on the Marathon finish line during the team's celebratory parade. For Gomes, the act was more than just symbolic in the healing process.
"That [bombing] is now Boston history and U.S. history," Gomes said. "But to be able to put somewhat of a Band-Aid and somewhat of a 360[-degree] mindset of that area was extremely important for the team and the city. When you walk down to that finish line, you recognize that finish line as where the trophy was set not where the bomb was set. So I think that was pretty cool that we were able to do that so fast."
For the Red Sox, as for just about everyone, Monday will be bittersweet.
"I think it's going to be very emotional," Ortiz said. "But it's going to be happiness around, too, more than sadness because of the way this city bounced back."


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Seton Hall snaps 6-game skid, upsets G'town for 1st Big East win
NEWARK, N.J. -- Seton Hall celebrated its first Big East victory of the season on the same day it honored its team that almost won it all 20 years ago.
"We talked for a couple of days with the kids about carving a piece of the pie for themselves," Pirates coach Bobby Gonzalez said of the hoopla surrounding the return of the 1988-89 team that lost to Michigan in overtime in the national championship game. "We felt we could get one."
They did by gutting out a 65-60 victory over Georgetown (No. 14 ESPN/USA Today, No. 12 AP)
on Sunday to snap a six-game losing streak.
"We scratched and clawed and fought and made it a blood-and-guts possession game. We were desperate for it and pulled it out," Gonzalez said. "The '89 team brought some magic to the building and gave us a great atmosphere."
The reunion certainly didn't bring any long-range shooting success to either team.
The Pirates (10-9, 1-6) finished 0-for-13 from 3-point range, the first time since Dec. 7, 1991, when they went 0-for-11 against Iona -- a span of 504 games -- that they didn't make at least one 3.
Georgetown (12-6, 3-4) lost its third straight by shooting a season-low 32.7 percent (17-for-52), including a 3-for-22 effort from 3-point range. The Hoyas came into the game third in the conference in shooting at 48.2 percent but they shot 39.2 percent in a home loss to West Virginia in their last game.
"We're in a rut. We're in a bad situation right now," Georgetown coach John Thompson III said. "We have to figure how to get everyone in that locker room out of it. There's a lot of time left but in this league we have to quickly regroup."
Jeremy Hazell scored 23 points, including the clinching free throws with 8.1 seconds left, for Seton Hall but he went 0-for-10 on 3s, a far cry from his season-best 7-for-12 effort in an overtime loss to Providence on Thursday.
"I thought all 10 were going down," Hazell said, displaying a shooter's attitude. "My teammates kept encouraging me to take them and I did but I also found my way to the basket, got fouled and kept my teammates involved."
Freshman Greg Monroe had 17 points to lead Georgetown and he had three of the Hoyas' four field goals over the game's final 16:33.
Seton Hall forced the Hoyas to spread their offense against a zone and except for a brief spurt by Monroe in the second half, Georgetown just couldn't put the ball in the basket.
The Hoyas shot 25 percent in the second half and at one stretch went 9:31 without a field goal until Monroe scored down low three straight times, the last one part of a three-point play that gave Georgetown its last lead, 56-55 with 4:20 left.
Robert Mitchell, who had 20 points, gave the Pirates the lead for good on a short jumper 23 seconds later. DaJuan Summers' two free throws with 1:30 to play brought Georgetown within 61-60 and even though Seton Hall committed a turnover and then made one of two free throws twice, the Hoyas couldn't capitalize, missing three 3-point attempts over the final 40 seconds.
"Coming down the stretch we wanted to see if we could get inside or penetrate to the basket," Thompson said. "The last two minutes all we took were 3s and that was not the plan.
"We may be in a slump but more important is the decision to take those shots. Our decision-making in certain situations has to change, has to get better."
Seton Hall has been limited to basically a six-man rotation and the minutes were spread even thinner because of foul trouble against Georgetown.
"The first win gives you some confidence and is a little reward toward what you're working for," Gonzalez said. "It was huge for us today. We deserved it. We needed it. We're limited but the players don't know that and I'm not going to tell them."
UNLV holds the record with a 3 in 688 consecutive games since the rule went into effect for the 1986-87 season.
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NCAA Division I Council recommends eligibility extensions due to coronavirus pandemic
The NCAA Division I Council is recommending additional eligibility for student-athletes impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and might decide to push forward additional protections, it said Wednesday.
College basketball coaching groups endorse WCC's 'Russell Rule' to diversify hiring
The National Association of Basketball Coaches and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association endorsed the WCC's Russell Rule to diversify hiring pools, asking leagues nationwide to adopt it.
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