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SOLOMONS, MD (May 22, 2012)--A new project aims to reduce the number of whales entangled in fishing gear by identifying the areas they are most likely to visit. WhaleWatch uses satellite data and migration models of gray whales and several endangered species to identify high-risk areas and to help develop conservation policies for reducing ship strikes and entanglements off the West Coast of the United States. Gray whales are the species most often hit by ships and entangled in fishing gear.
"A first step in reducing these threats to whales is to have a better understanding of where the whales go," said WhaleWatch project leader Dr. Helen Bailey of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. "We will be analyzing the largest satellite tracking dataset for large North Pacific whales and combining it with satellite-derived environmental data to provide us with key information on where and when the whales are found and why."
Whaling has brought many whale species to the brink of extinction. Despite a ban on commercial whaling, there are still many human activities that can harm whales, such as collisions with ships, entanglements in cables and nets, and noise pollution. Satellite data of where the whales travel will be compared to shipping lanes, fishing efforts, and other activities to identify where high-risk areas occur. Satellite tagging has the advantage that it provides an animal's-eye view of the whales' movements. Combining these tracks with environmental data also helps to explain why particular areas are so important to the whales.
"We hope that the study shows any propensities for risk where there is strong overlap between whale migration routes and anthropogenic activities," said Dr. Bruce Mate, professor of fisheries and wildlife at Oregon State University. "We know, for example, that the West Santa Barbara Channel off California is a place where blue whales feed and it is right in the middle of shipping lanes to the Los Angeles harbor. Identifying the seasonal trends, as well as the geographical movement, may help policymakers find ways to better protect the whales."
Satellite-monitored tags were attached to gray whales and three endangered species--blue whales, fin whales and humpback whales--off the West Coast. Gray whales are well known for their incredible round-trip migrations of more than 10,000 miles each year from their feeding grounds in the northern Bering Sea to their breeding and calving areas off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. This brings them into contact with many threats along the coast of North America.
The WhaleWatch project will analyze this migration information using state-of-the-art statistical models to produce a near real-time tool for determining the occurrence of whales, which will identify hotspot areas and can be used to inform management policies and protect high-use areas.
The WhaleWatch project is a collaboration between Helen Bailey of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Bruce Mate of Oregon State University, and Steven Bograd, Daniel Palacios, Elliott Hazen, Karin Forney and Evan Howell from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service. This is the first year of the three-year project. The final WhaleWatch product will be available on the NOAA website.
The project is funded under the interagency NASA, U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Smithsonian Institution Climate and Biological Response program, with the tagging efforts having been supported by the Tagging of Pacific Predators program and the Office of Naval Research.
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There's an interesting spin on college rankings and Washington Monthly is pointing it out in a relatively new listing of institutions of higher education.
According to its description ask not what your college can do for you (U.S. News and World Report College Rankings 2010) but ask what your college can do for your country. And when it comes to schools giving back to their communities, California scores big time.
Five of the top six universities are in the state of California. And all but one is a public institution. In fact the public institutions are all UC campuses.
"This recognition is important especially at a time when the state's investment in higher education is waning and we can still achieve beyond expectations," says Penny Rue, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs at UCSD which ranked number one on the Washington Monthly list.
Not only is she delighted that UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Davis are highly ranked at 2,3 and 5 respectively, she adds that the judgment criteria is an interesting combination. Stanford University is number 4 on the list.
Washington Monthly's 4th annual list takes into consideration service--giving back to the community.
For example, UCSD has 90 student organizations which focus on community service. There's also a program that encourages UC students to help low income, less privileged children achieve the necessary tools and skills to take the SATs so that the disadvantaged become college eligible.
Also when it comes to social and economic mobility, its students tend to graduate in areas that earn them the highest starting salaries in fields like engineering and bio-technology, areas that also make significant scientific contributions.
Research is another criteria for which UC San Diego excels. In fact, it was listed in the top 20 out of 100 schools in Sierra magazine's ranking of America's greenest schools. And then there the school's cutting edge research in cancer and climate change.
UC schools in general rank high in recruiting low income students, says Erin Dillon, senior policy analyst with Education Sector, a Washington D.C. think tank which did the study for the Washington Monthly.
She describes them as "engines of social mobility." In fact, Dillon offered up her own example to me, citing her home state of Virginia where their flagship public institutions include William and Mary and University of Virginia. Their average recruitment of Pel Grant students (federal loans offered to students in need) average around 8% whereas UC schools average 26%.
"It's not an arms race she says with the U.S.News and World Report rankings," but there is an appreciation she says among the schools on their list of the institutions that often get overlooked.
So at a time when investing in higher education is both a challenge financially as well as socially you need all the information you can get your hands on.
And Washington Monthly's Rankings is one that definitely should make your list.

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"We knew after graduation we were going to move to New York, just because that's what one does," said Moppa Elliott, the Scranton, Pennsylvania native, now residing in Astoria, who came here with friends in 2002 to pursue a career in jazz music.
His nickname derived from his "moppy" hairstyle as a boy. His character as a musician was also shaped throughout his youth by his parents, whom he described as avid music lovers themselves. After starting out with the piano and then the tuba, as a teenager he started playing the upright bass, his instrument-of-choice to this day. He studied at the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio, graduating in 2001 with a degree in jazz bass performance as well as a degree in biology from Oberlin College. He said his time at college was particularly influential on how he creates and interprets music from the way it expanded his rural Pennsylvania roots by exposing him to different people with different tastes.
After arriving in New York, he soon found himself splitting his time between several ensembles, admiring each for the differences in approach that they offer. There's the music of jazz group Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord, for instance, which Elliott described as possessing a continuity that still allows for improvisation through the band's style of implementing morsels of the written sections through improvised sections.
Then there are the more structured components that make up the music of chamber pop ensemble Alice, which combines the sounds of an accordion, woodwinds, strings, guitar, percussion and of course, Elliott on the bass. Elliott said that all of the notated articulations in Alice's music pose a challenge that he can't help but enjoy.
Straying from the organization, continuity and consistency of these two groups is jazz quartet Mostly Other People Do the Killing (MOPDtK), of which Elliott also serves as bandleader. The name is derived from a remark Soviet inventor Léon Theremin made in response to political executions carried out by Joseph Stalin's regime.
"At any given time, you can do anything you want," Elliott said, describing MOPDtK's style. "Continuity is not a goal, necessarily. It's more about risk and juxtaposition."
MOPDtK has performed across America and Europe with a catalog of original compositions and jazz standards. Their fifth studio album, titled "Slippery Rock," is slated to drop January 22 on Hot Cup Records. In contrast to the fast-paced and variable sound of their previous records, Elliot said the new album takes a different approach, being based on smooth jazz.
"The aspects of smooth jazz that I was compositionally exploring don't really have to do with the stereotypical jazz production, which, you know, is all reserved and boring and bland," he said, "but kind of more looking at the harmonic and melodic structures that smooth jazz musicians use, which are very different from most other kinds of music."
Following the release of "Slippery Rock," MOPDtK will embark on a tour across Europe, a continent in which Elliott thinks societies place a much higher value on the arts than in the U.S. The often-times high cost of attending classical and jazz concerts here in the States, Elliott said, creates an "elitist loop," in which the wealthy become the only ones attending. Even then, venues and organizations are still finding it difficult to achieve financial sustainability.
"Do we take a free market approach, where the fact that people don't like jazz and classical music means that it fails in the free market?" Elliott asks. "A lot of people will subscribe to that. Or, do we say that jazz and classical music has value beyond its direct economic impact, that it means something more than its ability to make money?"
Because of this, many American jazz and classical artists and ensembles have to go where they're more appreciated, which often means traveling overseas.
"It's interesting to me that American creative artists essentially have to make a living by going to other countries if they want to have a career," he said. "It's kind of culturally depressing for America."
Europe offers a different approach on the matter, using more public funds to finance music events, making the art form more accessible to all income levels. Many European countries have government departments in place for this very purpose. Take France's Ministry of Culture, for instance, or Finland's Arts Council, which advises the country's Ministry of Education and Culture and receives funds from the state arts budget.
According to data compiled by the National Endowment for the Arts, the organization contributed $0.47 per capita to arts funding in America in 2012, whereas European organizations like the Arts Council of Wales and the Arts Council of Ireland contributed sums over 30 times that amount to arts funding in their respective countries.
"It's a matter of deciding whether or not we value culture and if we do value culture, realizing that there are values to music and art that are not represented in pure dollar terms," Elliott said.


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Tuesday February 27, 2018 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Open Level Yoga
Beginner-friendly classes open to students of all levels of yoga abilities, from basic level to intermediate. Challenge levels vary depending upon the style of class and class description. Each class provides a variety of modifications enabling our students to fit the class to their own ability.
This class will be held outside when the weather permits.
Drop ins $15. 4 class card for $48 or 8 class for $88. Purchase in advance at VegaYoga.com or pay on site.
VegaYoga & Movement Arts classes are broken down by level, providing an easy way to find an appropriate class for your practice. All classes explore ways to relieve stress in the body, increase strength and flexibility, and create a general over-all sense of well-being. Our students receive tools and teachings that can be utilized throughout their entire life.


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Affiliation with IPMA-HRThe South Florida Chapter of IPMA-HR is an affiliate of the International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR), a nonprofit and educational organization, committed to the advancement of the public sector by providing HR professionals with key educational and training opportunities, valuable resources and assessments products, and effective advocacy at every level of government. IPMA-HR represents more than 9,000 individuals and 1,100 agencies at the local, state and federal levels of government worldwide. IPMA-HR is comprised of four U.S. regions and more than 42 affiliate chapters that operate independently and provide members with professional resources and events and career advancement opportunities.


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See Katie Holmes wearing navy blue tights. See Katie Holmes breaking the first rule of wearing colored tights. Bad Katie.
There are some basic rules to follow if you're going to bust out the colored tights this fall and winter. Of course, as always, there are some women who will make up their own rules -- and some will get away with it and some won't.
Sorry, Katie.
Read on to see what rules Katie Holmes and Katherine Heigl are breaking and how Taylor Swift and Kourtney Kardashian are doing colored tights right. Once you have the guidelines for wearing colored tights down, find out how to break the rules with style and flair!
Rule #1: Match your shoes to your tights
Matching your shoes to your tights is a safe bet, and you usually can't go wrong. Black tights with black shoes, plum tights with plum shoes, gray tights with gray shoes, and so on. If you can't match exactly, try to stick with the same hue -- a light gray shoe with white tights, a black shoe with forest green tights, etc. This continuity of color elongates your legs rather than cutting them off at the ankle.
This is the rule that Katie Holmes (above) is breaking. She tossed on some tan pumps with navy blue tights, and those shoes are all we end up seeing. Our eyes go right to those glaringly putty brown shoes. She's got on a sassy mini dress and has great legs, but blah beige shoes is the statement I'm taking away.
Taylor Swift and Kourtney Kardashian follow rule #1 and look great in their tights -- Taylor in gray patterned tights and gray lace-up boots, Kourtney in black tights and hot black lace-up heels. Good work, ladies.
Taylor Swift
Kourtney Kardashian with MasonRule #2: Keep it simple with bold-colored tights
Taylor Swift
If you're going to bust out the electric blue tights, blazing red tights, or pumpkin orange tights this fall or winter -- and you totally should! -- keep your outfit basic and monochromatic so your tights don't have to compete with your skirt or dress. Wear all black or all gray, something like that, or this entirely blue-on-blue outfit above looks lovely, too, even if (or because) all the blues don't match exactly.
Katherine HeiglKatherine Heigl is wearing a monochromatic outfit alright. But first off, ugh, all that gray-beige with her blonde hair and skin tone is just wrong. Plus, she's breaking Rule #1 in a bad way wearing black stockings with taupe pumps as well. Yuck!
This bridesmaid above sticks to a mustard yellow and gray/silver palette, which is surprising and divine. Also love the silvery tweed and silver shoes with the textured sunny yellow tights below.
If you're afraid you're going to be a fashion faux pas in colored tights, pair them with a knee-high boot so you get just a peek of color. It's still fabulous.
Rule #3: Break the colored tights rules with style
Now that you know the rules, let us show you how to break them.
Love these maroon tights with the navy blue dress. The yellow shoes? If you're daring, sure.
This bride is rockin' the red tights. In this case, who cares if they don't match her shoes? They're not supposed to. This look is totally awesome and makes a playful statement.
And if you're going to go bold, commit to it, like Maggie Mason does here. Not matchy matchy, just loads of delicious color.
It takes guts to stand out in the snow in an outfit like this one from designer Vivienne Westwood. And we love it. Must ... have ... pink ... tights ... now. Don't be afraid. But do run a brush through your hair.
What color are your tights and how do you wear them -- play it safe or break the rules?
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Behind the Scenes of Weather to Climate: Our Changing World
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At the Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, we pride ourselves on producing self-created exhibits on timely issues that will resonate with our family audience. As we celebrate the rich history of our institution during its 160th anniversary, we are busy putting the finishing touches on our most ambitious exhibit yet, one that puts one of the most consequential issues of our time into perspective for families in a fun environment.
On April 2nd, the Nature Museum will open Weather to Climate: Our Changing World. The exhibit will present in an accessible way the fundamentals of weather and climate, the science behind climate change, and what actions people can take to reduce our own impact. The exhibit will run through October 23, 2016 and drive a community-wide conversation about climate change.
For the last two years — thanks in large part to a diverse collaboration of subject matter experts including Molly Woloszyn at the Midwestern Regional Climate Center and Illinois State Climatologist Jim Angel — we have immersed ourselves in this important issue. By creating Weather to Climate from the ground up, we were able to put a truly personal touch on the exhibit. Throughout this process, we worked hand-in-hand with our education department to make sure the interactive content is presented in a way that is easy to understand. In addition, the exhibit will facilitate ways for visitors to continue discussing climate change after they have left the Nature Museum.
This exhibit also represents our biggest foray into multi-media. The exhibit will feature interactive displays, video games, weather simulations, climate labs and more, including an immersive entry experience where guests can experience the sensations of different types of weather. From a design standpoint, it has been fascinating to see ideas initially scratched out on paper be transformed into active, dynamic content.
In addition to the interactive, multi-media elements, the exhibit will also include a selection of animals from our living collections. The animals featured will represent some of the animals that are likely to experience an increase or decrease in population as a result of climate change.
The Nature Museum is dedicated to creating a positive relationship between people and nature through collaborations, education, research and exhibitions such as Weather to Climate. As Chicago's urban gateway to nature and science we could not be more proud to bring this global conversation to our own community. Join us on April 2nd as we open Weather to Climate and begin that dialogue.
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The immigration and asylum law firm of Blandon Law in Weston, Broward County, south Florida, is dedicated to helping clients through the U.S. immigration process. Blandon Law has successfully represented many immigration clients living throughout the world. We attend interviews throughout the United States advocating for citizens of from over 80 countries including Venezuela, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, India, Iraq, Turkey, and Ukraine.
The immigration lawyers and legal staff of Blandon Law in Weston, Florida, care about people, provide high-level and quality services, and get results for their clients. We provide the most up-to-date expertise because Blandon Law concentrates exclusively on immigration, naturalization and consular law matters.
Blandon Law offers knowledgeable assistance to individuals, families, employers and companies with immigration, naturalization and consular needs. We handle matters before the Citizenship and Immigration Service (CIS, formerly INS), the Asylum Office, the Immigration Court, and the Board of Immigration Appeals. The immigration lawyers and support staff at Blandon Law are dedicated to the concerns of our clients: whether speaking your preferred language (English, Spanish or French), simplifying the immigration process through detailed consultations, or providing long-distance support. We recognize these decisions are among the most important faced by individuals, families and employers, and commit ourselves whole-heartedly to the success of each case.
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After much speculation, Whitney Houston is headed to "Dancing With the Stars," Access Hollywood has confirmed.
Whitney will perform on the November 24 Season Finale of the reality competition, ABC confirmed to Access on Monday.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Daring! Dramatic! Fabulous! Hot Shots Of Hollywood's Divas
Whitney will join an illustrious season of guest performers that have included Susan Boyle, Michael Buble and Taylor Swift. This season – the ninth in the show's history — has had a host of special moments including their tributes to Patrick Swayze and Michael Jackson, who both passed away earlier this year.
It was not clear which song Whitney would be performing on the Season Finale. Whitney, however, is currently promoting her comeback album, "I Look To You."
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Whitney Houston: From '80s Pop Princess To Superstar Singing Sensation
Whitney will also perform on the American Music Awards, which air on ABC this coming Sunday, November 22.
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It's a beater Volvo 240 wagon that's had a V8 heart transplant and is now serving duty as a sideways monster. Needless to say, we love it.
You can catch all the GoPro footage in this video minus all the music and with pure engine (and tire) sounds here and you can see the car from the outside sliding through the cones and sounding fantastic here.
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I've decided to discontinue the weekly book reviews for the time being. I have reviewed hundreds of personal finance books over the years and, frankly, there aren't enough new and compelling personal finance books coming out to justify weekly reviews. I've read too many books recently that just duplicated stuff said in other books. Instead, I'll irregularly review interesting new personal finance books on Sunday mornings, and I'll cap off the series by listing the ten books (of the hundreds I've reviewed) that have had the most impact on me.
Each of these ten books contains some powerful ideas that made me rethink some aspect of my finances, my career path, or my other personal choices that impacted these things. Each one of these is a powerful and useful read, and I highly recommend that everyone read most of the books on this list. They're presented in no particular order after the first one.
Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin
This is the personal finance book that turned my life around. It's as simple as that.
I picked up this book at the library when I was struggling with figuring out what to do next. I had come to the realization that I was in real financial trouble, but as for coming up with a plan and really understanding how money fit into my life, I was lost.
This book isn't really about how to invest your money or what specifically to do with your dollars. It's much more about figuring out why you earn money and why you make the choices you make with it. It forces you to think about your finances in a completely different way.
I read this book in mid-2006. Since then, I have paid off almost $300,000 in debt and am currently debt free. It took a massive mental shift for that to happen, and I attribute much of it to this book.
The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
If there's one single book I'd suggest for dealing with the challenges of debt, it would be The Total Money Makeover, without a doubt.
It does the things that people seriously in debt most need better than any other book. It provides an incredibly straightforward plan for escaping from the pit of debt and it provides forceful cheerleading to go right alongside that message.
Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz
Never Eat Alone addresses the challenges of building a social network, but it adds two ingredients to the mix that Dale Carnegie and the like are missing.
First, Keith is pretty obviously an introvert, and the book is written from that perspective. There are many elements of this book that may seem obvious to a strong extrovert that aren't as clear-cut for introverts. This made the book click for me.
Second, a big part of the book is service oriented. If you want to achieve something in life, help others. It's as simple as that. This is the way I tend to view the world, and it's a perspective that's been reinforced over time.
Born to Buy by Juliet Schor
This book, more than any other, really opened my eyes to the impact that marketing has on all of us, starting even before birth and really picking up during infancy. Our brains are just inundated with marketing messages all through life.
If you doubt the power that such messages have, this book is an essential read. I would encourage anyone with a child – or anyone even considering having a child – to pick this one up, read it thoughtfully, and reflect on it deeply, not just in terms of your child but in terms of the impact on your own life.
Confessions of a Public Speaker by Scott Berkun
I consider public speaking to be one of the two most valuable career skills a person can have. If you can present your ideas clearly to others, you're going to do well.
This is, far and away, the best book I've ever read on the art of public speaking. It includes every tactic I've ever used successfully in getting myself up there on a stage and includes countless more useful ideas and anecdotes for making that challenging process work.
The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing by Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, and Michael LeBoeuf
This is the single volume I'd recommend for anyone who wants to know more about investing. It tackles investing from the basics (getting your personal finances under control, because the less you spend, the more you can invest) through to almost every investment topic an ordinary individual investor would want to know about.
What sets this book apart is the consistent ideas and tone. The key idea, really, is inexpensive and simple diversification. You want to be invested in a lot of things so that if one thing collapses, you're not completely bankrupt, while at the same time you don't want it to be overly complicated so that you can't really understand what's going on.
The "Bogleheads" lay it all out clearly in this book. It can be a challenging read at times, but it's a consistently worthwhile read and one that will really help you solve your investing problems.
Getting Things Done by David Allen
What's the other valuable skill, the second career skill I alluded to above? It's time and information management. You need to be able to utilize your time effectively and know how to tackle the genuinely important things (and toss the rest).
That's exactly what this book does. It offers up a number of incredibly powerful principles for getting the multitude of things you need to get done in your life finished. It goes beyond that and offers a complete system for using those principles, but honestly, it's the principles that really make this book.
This book changed how I organized my time in such a drastic fashion that I was able to launch and build The Simple Dollar while working full time at a demanding job and spend a ton of time with my family to boot.
EntreLeadership by Dave Ramsey
For many people, entrepreneurship is the most powerful route there is to financial success and personal fulfillment in life. I've read many books on entrepreneurship, from the "idea in your head" stage to the thriving business stage, and none of them work nearly as well as a single guide as this one.
EntreLeadership does just what I describe above. It takes a person from an idea for a business to the point where the business is large enough that delegation needs to happen. It offers tons of ideas and food for thought during that entire process, and does it in a readable and comprehensible manner.
Raising Financially Fit Kids by Joline Godfrey
This is the single best handbook I've yet found for taking on the challenge of teaching children about money. It's also one of the most well-worn books on my shelf, simply because I'm raising three children of different ages.
This book offers real parenting tips for children in each age group, offering up countless ideas for introducing kids to money and giving great suggestions to the common struggles that parents have with their children and money at each age level, from very young children to young adults. I anticipate I'll be using this book for many years to come.
The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley and William Danko
The final book on this list works well for one reason alone: it completely debunks the ideas most people have about what it means to be rich.
The guy in the Armani suit with the sportscar is probably broke. The ordinary looking guy in the reliable automobile is probably the millionaire. Why? People who have spending habits that lead them to buy the flashy things rarely are on a path to financial success.
The book backs up insights like these with extensive interviews and research, creating a fascinating and eye-opening study of what wealth actually looks like.
If you read these ten books, you'll have a much deeper view of your money, your career, and the financial world around you.


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AOpen today announced its first DVD burner capable of writing DVD±R media at 18x speed. It will also read and write DVD-RAMs at 12x. A sort of 18, 12 overture perhaps? Oh well. According to AOpen, it's "a new limit of optical disk drive".
Maybe, but Sony got there first with its AWG170A, launched in August this year. Just like the Sony machine, AOpen's DSW1812P sports an disc balancing system to reduce vibration and make the drive less likely to churn out duff discs. It also has a "unique" tray design that opens and closes more quietly than past drives.
AOpen said it had developed these "core technologies", but as we say, the Sony drive, made by Sony NEC Optiarc, has them too.
In addition to DVD-RAM and DVD±R, the DSW1812P can also work with dual-layer DVD±R media - at 8x speed - and DVD±RW discs, along with CD-R/RW.
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May 10, 2004
2003-2004 Indoor Track Season Recap
The 2003-2004 Indoor Track team notched a stellar season. The men and women combined for five ECAC qualifying times, consisting of events in the Men's 4x200m Relay, the triple jump, the 200m dash, the 55m dash and the 1000m.
Mar 25, 2004
2003-2004 Season Highlights
The Men's and Women's Indoor Track team had a great season, where many of the athletes made the All-Time Farmingdale Record Books. This list includes Diana Baxter's new school record in the 1000m, as well as three best team finishes in history at the ECAC and CTC Championships.


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Q. How quickly am I paid for my American Express transactions?
A. We pay as per the agreed payment plan with you, from the date we receive the charges.
Q. Why do you pay the net amount?
A. Net payments means we simply pay for the American Express charges, less the amount of the Merchant fee. We find this is a simpler & easier way of doing business, which means we are not regularly deducting fees from your bank account. We provide online or paper based reporting, which makes reconciliation and reporting easy for your business.
Q. How will you help me attract American Express Cardmembers?
A. American Express Cardmembers actively seek out merchants accepting American Express Cards. There is no better advertising for these customers than placing an American Express decal or other Point of Purchase materials at your location. The complimentary Point of Purchase materials that we provide are both useful to you, as well as telling our Cardmembers from across the globe that they'll receive a warm welcome.
In addition, from time to time we work with our Merchants to design and execute marketing programs that are relevant to the business, and reward Cardmembers for their spending behavior.
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Lowlights of Lane Kiffin's one year in Knoxville keep coming back to bite Tennessee right in the keister.
The NCAA's Committee on Infractions announced in a release Friday additional penalties levied against Tennessee dating back to recruiting violations committed by former Vols assistant Willie Mack Garza. Per the release, those penalties include:
- A two-year extension of the probation issued during the 2011 infractions case
- A reduction in official visits from 51 to 47 for the 2012-13 academic year
- A reduction in evaluation days during the spring 2012 evaluation period (completed)
- No complementary tickets to prospective student-athletes during unofficial visits for the first two conference games of the 2013 season
The university met with the COI last month for an expedited penalty hearing on an agreed upon summary disposition report submitted this past June.
"We will finally close the chapter on the prior actions of members of a previous football coaching staff," UT athletic director Dave Hart said in a statement. "We have significantly strengthened our culture of compliance at Tennessee and will continue to do so. We disagree with additional penalties for a matter we believed should have been part of the previous case. We will now move forward."
Garza left Tennessee to take an assistant coaching job at USC under Kiffin. He's since resigned from that position in the wake of more allegations connecting him to scouting service owner Willie Lyles. As a surprise to absolutely no one, Tennessee's additional penalties come courtesy of the relationship Garza had with Lyles.
According to the release, "In the facts agreed upon by the University, the NCAA and Garza, during the summer of 2009, Garza reimbursed Will Lyles, an individual associated with prospect Lache Seastrunk, for airfare and hotel expenses associated with an unofficial visit for Seastrunk and his mother to the University. Because Lyles arranged the trip for Seastrunk, the NCAA classified him as a booster of the University."
Seastrunk and Lyles have been connected to possible NCAA violations at Oregon. Seastrunk has since transferred to Baylor.


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US cop shooting case to go to grand jury
The family of a black man shot and killed in his own home by his neighbour, a police officer in the US city of Dallas, say her account of what happened is self-serving.
The manslaughter case against officer Amber Guyger will be presented to a grand jury, which could decide on more serious charges.
Guyger said she mistook her neighbour's apartment for her own last Thursday when she allegedly shot and killed 26-year-old Botham Jean.
The Dallas Morning News said Guyger had reportedly just ended a 15-hour shift when she returned in uniform to the apartment complex where she and Jean lived.
She parked on the fourth floor, instead of the third, where she lived. When she put her key in the unlocked apartment door, it opened and the lights were off. Then she saw a figure in the darkness, the newspaper reported.
The officer reportedly concluded her apartment was being burgled, drew her weapon and fired twice then realised she was in the wrong unit when she turned on the lights.
The Dallas County medical examiner's office said Jean died of a gunshot wound to the chest. His death was ruled a homicide.
Lee Merritt, a lawyer for Jean's family, says two independent witnesses have told him they heard knocking on the door in the hallway before the shooting.
He said one witness reported hearing a woman's voice saying, "Let me in! Let me in!"
Then they heard gunshots, after which one witness said she heard a man's voice say, "Oh my God! Why did you do that?"
Merritt said he believes those were Jean's last words.
As for the contention that Jean left his front door ajar, Merritt said Jean was a "meticulous individual."
"That means that when he comes into a room, he makes it a point to close the door behind him. He hangs his keys on the hook. He put everything in a particular place," Merritt said.
Guyger's blood was drawn at the scene to be tested for alcohol and drugs, but authorities have not released results.
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With a rough-cut snippet of a new Kanye West track sparking interest in the rapper's next album, a source reportedly told The Sun newspaper that West is currently vying to work with Paul McCartney on the new release. The reports coincide with Kanye's backstage appearance at The Beatles singer's recent show in L.A. at Dodgers Stadium.
"Kanye really respects music legends and is still putting the finishing touches to his new album," the source reportedly told The Sun. "He has been tapping Macca up for a while about working together."
"Kanye and Paul have known each other for a long time but became more friendly recently," the source also said. "There's every chance they'll head into the studio together."
The news follows comments from McCartney last year in which he opened up about considering Hip Hop features on his song "Appreciate." While the track didn't end up featuring a rapper, Paul said he "resisted the temptation to get a rapper in" before being asked who such an emcee might be. "Oh, Jay Z, Kanye," he responded.
(August 16, 2014)
UPDATE: Kanye West and Paul McCartney are working together on what could become a joint project, according to The New York Post. The report says they are working on "Piss On My Grave."
Huffington Post reports that West's reps declined to comment on the emcee's reported McCartney collab. Nevertheless, they confirmed that the rapper is actually working on a song titled "Piss On Your Grave," not the previously reported "Piss On My Grave."


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Nationals Fan Lets Woman in Stands Smell His Gross, Sweaty Armpit [VIDEO]
The Washington Nationals may not stink, but their fans do.
Check out the guy in the background during Sunday's Nationals-Marlins game in DC. He puts his hand under his armpit, then sniffs it like it's a wine cork before displaying some true class by letting them woman seated next to him get a whiff.
Maybe it was underarm awareness night at the ballpark and he's the only one who remembered.


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AMERIKA, bride dress vitrine, AMERIKA the ice is melting...
Mike Parr
1945 -
Starting at dawn on 9th May 2006 and lasting for 74 hours, Mike Parr performed 'AMERIKA, performance for as long as possible, 9-12 May 2006' near the Henry Moore sculpture outside the Gallery. Fasting and meditating for 24 hours a day, this vigil was a symbolic act of restitution offered to the Joseph Beuys tree. This fig tree was planted in 1984 on behalf of the great German artist Joseph Beuys as part of a project initiated in 'Documenta' 1979 to plant a thousand trees. Each of these trees was marked by a basalt column. In this case the column was accidentally removed thereby severing the tree from the Beuys project. In this performance Parr offered the guilded stump of his missing arm as an act of healing.
Parr dressed as a bride for this action acknowledged the suppressed feminine within every male while drawing on the alchemical ideas of Marcel Duchamp. His gilded stump provided another gesture towards Beuys who famously lectured a dead hare with his head covered in honey and gold leaf. In the photograph 'Best Man' Parr's bride holds the artist's dead male head in her hand while the stump of his/her arm sticks out like a reminder of the phallus further complicating this narrative of fragmented identity. In 'Primitive Gifts' Parr's bride holds a rockmelon with his features superimposed.
Vitrine: Garry Manson
Media category
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truncated wedge vitrine containing gold leaf casting of the artist's left arm and bride dress
92.0 x 162.0 x 62.0 cm
Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Gift of the artist 2006
Not on display
Accession number
© Mike Parr
Shown in 1 exhibition
Exhibition history
Foreign Looking: Mike Parr 1970 - 2016, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 12 Aug 2016–06 Nov 2016
Referenced in 1 publication
Jill Sykes, Look, 'New on two', pg. 18-19, Sydney, Sep 2006, 19.


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Atlantic City Man Murdered While Riding Bike
An Atlantic City man, 59-year old Jose Ortiz, became the city's 14th homicide victim after getting caught in a gunfight between individuals Thursday afternoon.
Authorities say Ortiz was riding his bicycle in Stanley Homes Village, where he lives, when he was struck in the abdomen during the gunfight between unknown individuals.
Police arrived to the scene at around 3PM to the 1600 block of City Place Avenue in the apartment complex.
Ortiz was transported by ambulance to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly after.
No arrests have been made, and this incident is being actively investigated by the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office Major Crime Unite and the Atlantic City Police Department.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Major Crimes at (609) 909-7666 or the Atlantic City Police Department at (609) 347-5779


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Hip-hop mogul Sean Combs unintentionally played a game of ring toss with his $20,000 diamond-studded ring while throwing wads of cash at the audience in a Midtown studio during the taping of his music video.
The bling fling triggered security staff to frisk the audience, which made them feel like delinquents.
"Ok diddy lost his ring . . . and now there frisking all the kids like this is rikers lite," a user named PWillzNYC posted on Twitter.
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"[W]hen it was over, diddy held us hostage lookin for his lost ring. dont like him no more!!!" said dbaumz, another Twitter user.
All 160 audience members were searched after the BET music-video show "106 & Park" finished taping and were prohibited from leaving until the search was complete. The ring never was never recovered.
"The craziest s- - - just happened to me lol I guess its s- - - -in on me season . . . Enjoy it while it lasts!!!!! lol life is crazy!" Diddy posted on his Twitter page soon afterward.
"He ain't getting' it back," one witness said, according to the New York Post. "Someone pocketed that, and they probably took it to the nearest jeweler."
Diddy and the members of his new hip-hop group, Dirty Money, were on stage hurling bundles of phony C-notes, but there were $25 to $100 singles mixed in with the bogus money. Soon, the fans realized real cash was being tossed at their feet.
"The audience went wild," said BET spokeswoman Marcy Polanco, the Post reported. "We were like, 'Oh, my God!' "
During this madness, Diddy walked out of view after looking at his hand and realizing what had just happened.
"As he was throwing the money out to the audience, his ring flew off," Polanco said.
BET said a metal-detecting wand screened audience members, but nobody was detained.
CBS directed calls about the incident to BET. A call for comment from Diddy's publicist was not returned.


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Conservation and Environment in Kenya: Monthly Updates
Conservation in Kenya Update October and November 2013
Kigio Wildlife Conservancy was once a cattle ranch, which has since been transformed into a wildlife conservancy. The conservancy is home to a wide variety of wildlife, including 4.5% of the world's wild population of the rare and endangered Rothschild's giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi). It also offers refuge to two of Africa's big five – the leopard and buffalo. Projects Abroad has partnered with the conservancy and Giraffe Research and Conservation Trust (GRCT) to counteract the decline of the Rothschild's giraffe by monitoring and researching the ecology of the sub species to understand its requirements in the wild along with the factors causing their decline.
Projects Abroad – Rothschild's Giraffe
Our monitoring programmes have all been running smoothly with the aim of providing accurate and scientific data of the ecology of the Rothschild's giraffe. The on-going giraffe research in Kigio Wildlife Conservancy is monitoring a total of 22 adult giraffes and five calves. The two youngest babies (Nduta and Mess) are doing very well, the female giraffe who had the dyrostica condition (abnormal birth leading to death of the baby) recovered well.
Our monitoring programme also provides information on the principal browsing behaviour and a detailed overview of the diet and the key ecological requirements of the Rothschild's giraffe. How do we do it? A research team of three to four volunteers are driven through the conservancy to cover as much ground as possible during each monitoring period. The monitoring team records a set of standardised parameters for each individual sighting, including: identity, time and date, GPS location (UTM Coordinate system), group composition, behaviour, age and sex.
We submitted some materials to the International Union Conservation of Nature for the Giraffid (Okapi and giraffe newsletter) newsletter formerly known as the Giraffa. Projects Abroad has a regular feature in this newsletter which acts as means to offer the most up to date information on giraffes and okapis in the conservation and scientific world!
While the IUCN recognises the Rothschild's Giraffe as a vulnerable species, hardly any research has been done on this sub-species in the wild. A study on the feeding preferences and long-term habitat suitability for Rothschild's giraffe in Kigio Wildlife Conservancy was conducted by our volunteer, Renate de Boer from Netherlands.
"With less than 1000 individuals, who remain in the wild, it is necessary to carry out conservation measures. One of the measures taken is the introduction and closely monitoring of the Rothschild's giraffe in protected areas. In 2002, 7 Rothschild's giraffes were introduced to Kigio Wildlife Conservancy, Central Rift Valley, and Kenya. By now the herd has grown to 27 individuals. The effects of the introduction and population growth of this species on the ecology of this small conservancy are not yet known. To be able to make long-term predictions about the effects, it is firstly important to fully understand the feeding behaviour and feeding preference of the giraffes."
Renate conducted her studies from November 2012 until the end of October 2013 during which feeding behaviour was observed. A total number of 1696 feeding observations were recorded and we found that nine plant species were utilised by giraffes during the observations.
The number of observations differed greatly between plant species. Acacia gerrardii was the most browsed plant species and made up for a significantly big part (68.3%) of all feeding behaviour. Other observed browsed plant species were in order of number of observations: Solanum incanum, Tarchonanthus camphoratus, Acacia drepanolobium, Acacia xanthophloea, Rhus natalensis, Euphorbia candelabrum, Maytenus senegalensis and Psiadia punctulata.
None of these species proved to make up a significant part of all feeding behaviour. However, in total, 76.9% of all feeding behaviour was directed to Acacia species. Her parting statement was that "In order to be able to make thorough predictions about the maximum size of the giraffes herd that Kigio can support further research is necessary".
Our research on the activity pattern Rothschild's giraffes with the objective of discovering how they spend their days without real predation has been ongoing. Each research, each session takes 12 hours, divided into four shorter shifts, with a two hour delay in between. In total, each shift takes 4 hours and 30 minutes. During the shifts, the behaviour of the giraffe is recorded every 5 minutes using a technique called "scan sampling".
Remote Sensor Cameras
Volunteers have been tasked with the development of the database and extracting all the data that each camera captures in the field e.g. date, time of the day, temperature. Our volunteers input this data with the name of the species captured in the field.
The leopard has been very elusive and our hypothesis of the leopards leaving the conservancy and coming back each night could not be proven so more surveys are needed to a test this. Camera traps has been a valuable means by which to survey secretive wildlife. This technique is of great importance in the study and inventory of nocturnal and shy animals, especially our target, leopard.
Recently we discovered that the hyanea (Crocuta crocuta) clan in the conservancy now has separated into two clans, which was reflected on the cameras traps. This is very rare phenomenon and what we want to know is how they use the conservancy. We want to explore the possibility if collaring members of the clans to see their ranges.
There have been cases of very many road kills in the highways which lead to the question; could members of our hyena population be going out of the conservancy at night and getting run over by vehicles? We can work closely with the Kenya Wildlife Service to provide substantial evidence to try and also stop this menace of speeding vehicles killing wildlife along the highway. I didn't know aardwolf exists in this area until I saw one killed on the highway run over by a car, same as the hyenas which I have seen 3 killed in the last 3 months. To find a lasting solution more studies are needed along with more camera deployment whilst investigating the possibility of collaring some individuals to gauge their movements.
Tree Nursery
Our tree nursery project, which started last year, is running extremely well and we hope to cultivate more trees for reforestation efforts in surrounding communities and local schools in a project entitled "Project Green". Due to the approaching of the dry seasons we focused more on the preparing trees for the onset of the long rains. The two months the rains has really helped us in the watering of the saplings but on the other hand the weeds sprout really fast hence we had to visit the nursery very often to take out the weeds. The volunteers have been very instrumental and they work on the nursery a minimum of 3 sessions in a week with efforts of more than 3 hours per session. These activities get us involved with the local community and, more importantly, with young children whose generation will be responsible for the conservation of the area for many years to come.
We purchased the indigenous seeds of Acacaia xanthopholea which the giraffe most preferred species and the seeds have been put on the ground in 5 beds and they are be constantly watered by our volunteers. This will be a long term project in ensuring that the declining population of this important tree is checked. The trees will be planted in the conservancy to provide browse for the endangered giraffe, the volunteers and the field team will be plant these tree and they will be fenced. This is critical in keeping off browsing intensity from the herbivores up to certain height. The growth of the fenced trees will be fastened by putting manure from our waste disposal pit. Weeding will also be performed by volunteers this is crucial to ensure they competition with other plants is detached.
These two months has been a success we have plenty of work covered on the project site and as we collect more data, we look forward to volunteers to help in our various programs. Students and volunteers who want to conduct research studies are encouraged and needed to help with the various research areas in our project site .
Tonny Kipkurui
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Hoping to tap into the female market, Magic and Pokemon card guru Peter D. Adkison is shilling a line of collectible cards aimed at little ladies aged 6-12 called Bella Sara, which is "an imaginative, joyful world of horses, where every girl is special and uniquely beautiful." Bella Sara's unicorn trading cards come replete with "girl-power sayings like 'Have the courage to trust yourself' and 'Use your love to bring peace to the world.'" Unlike Magic and Pokemon Cards, the Bella Sara horsies were designed without a "competitive component," because, according to Danish card designer Gitte Odder Braendgaard, "Girls like something beautiful, something nice to look at."
Braendgaard has clearly never seen little girls playing AYSO soccer, because I recall a pretty intense competitive edge on the soccer pitch, where little pony-loving angels thoroughly enjoyed trampling others with their cleat-clad hooves. [Oh, I SO loved tripping up the opposing players! -Ed.] The cards are already a rousing success in Braendgaard's native Scandinavia, where Bella Sara has sold 7 million units.
With Ponies, Unicorns And Secret Codes, An Effort To Unleash A Craze For Girls [New York Times]


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(CNN) - President Barack Obama may have been the headliner at the last stop on his bus tour on Friday, but it was Vice President Joe Biden who stepped on stage as the hometown star.
Speaking in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Obama noted it had been five years to the day he named Biden as his running mate during the 2008 presidential campaign - a choice, he said, that marked "the best decision I ever made politically."
"I love this guy because he has heart and he's got some Scranton in him," Obama said.
The rally at Lackawanna College was the final stop on a two-day tour that was designed to sell his plan on college costs to students and parents.
The series of events often took on a campaign feel, with the president delivering his messages to largely supportive crowds while occasionally taking swipes at Republicans.
That campaign feeling was only fueled Friday when he offered a slight nod to Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who challenged Obama for the presidency last year. Defending Obamacare, Obama said the basis for his 2010 health care law was actually a "Republican idea."
"There's a governor in Massachusetts that set it up, it's working really well," he said, a reference to Romney's own state law that provided the GOP presidential nominee some grief during last year's primary contests.
Republicans, who largely dismissed the president's events as offering little more than rhetoric, also poked Biden for appearing at the campaign-style stop in Scranton.
In a video, the Republican National Committee characterized the event as simply the first step in the "Biden 2016 kickoff tour." The vice president has not said whether he'll make a third run for president in 2016.
During his speech on Friday, Obama spelled out the college affordability plan he first revealed the day before which changes the way the federal government will award federal student aid to colleges and universities, and creates a new rating system for higher education institutions.
He's also called for students to better educate themselves about the costs they're incurring, and has called on colleges to rein in their skyrocketing tuition prices.
The speech also marked the first time Biden made public remarks about his son Beau, who this week underwent tests at a cancer hospital in Houston.
The vice president's office said on Wednesday that Beau, who is the attorney general of Delaware, had successfully undergone a "procedure," without specifying any particular diagnosis.
Biden said Friday his son was "fine" and "anxious to get back to work."


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All About Baby
Around this time your baby's ears pop from his head and Baby-to-be can now sense sounds. After all, he has plenty to listen to in utero! He's accustomed to the strong beating of your heart, blood rushing through your veins, and your stomach grumbling. He can also discern sounds outside the uterus, like your voice and music. Although, according to the Mayo Clinic, whether he can distinguish the sound of your voice versus other sounds is not yet clear.
On average, most moms are feeling fetal movement by week 17. Kick, little one, kick!
This week your little one weighs in at around 5 ounces and stretches to just over 5 inches (crown to rump). He is about the size of a red onion.
All About You
Each time you go to the doctor or clinic, they dip a strip of paper in a cup of your urine to measure your blood sugar level. What's with that blood sugar test, anyway? It's to make sure you're not developing gestational diabetes, a condition that affects around one to two percent of all pregnant women. When blood sugar levels are controlled (through diet and sometimes medication), women can have normal pregnancies and normal, healthy babies.
Pregnancy Weight Gain and Other Symptoms
Daily, your body's changing inside and out to accommodate your baby-to-be. As your skin stretches, your breasts and abdomen may become itchy. Your baby bump will begin to change your posture so that your back may ache. Inside your body, your stomach is getting more cramped, sometimes leading to heartburn, indigestion, and flatulence. You may also notice mood swings as pregnancy hormones continue to play with your emotions.
Unsightly Pregnancy Signs
Your body undergoes many changes to give your baby-to-be enough room to grow. Some of these changes are comforting — your rounded belly and your full breasts, for example — while other signs can be troubling. Keep in mind that many of these physical changes will last only until your baby arrives.
- Bleeding gums: Your blood volume has increased dramatically to provide nutrients to your baby-to-be. This increase, along with swelling caused by pregnancy hormones, might make your gums bleed.
- Stretch marks: Whether or not you have stretch marks is a matter of genetics. No amount of specialty abdominal creams or Vitamin E pills are going to prevent stretch marks (despite claims to the contrary), but most women find that these stretch marks fade over time after the baby's birth.
- Weight gain: You should expect to gain 25 to 35 pounds during your pregnancy. As distressing as weight gain can be for some women, those pounds are necessary for your growing baby. Much of the weight is extra fluids (such as blood), tissues (like your breasts), and of course, your baby. If you eat a sensible pregnancy diet and stay fit, you should be able to lose much of your pregnancy weight after your baby's birth. (Some women are able to shed pounds in a matter of weeks; others need as much as a year to get their bodies back in shape).
- Dark line (linea nigra): As your abdominal muscles stretch to make room for your growing uterus, you may notice a dark line extending from your belly button to your vaginal area. After birth, this line will disappear.
- Swelling (edema): Your body retains water to provide the necessary fluids for your growing baby-to-be. You can prevent much of this swelling from drinking plenty of fluids and keeping your legs up. You may also want to purchase socks designed to improve the circulation in your feet.
- Skin spots: The skin's pigmentation may deepen around certain parts of your body during pregnancy, such as your nipples and freckles. You may also notice spots of color on your face, called the mask of pregnancy or chloasma. These pigmentation changes will fade after your baby's born.
Got questions about Week 17? Other women have asked this…
Q: When is the right time to choose a baby name?
Parents should take as long as they need to find a name. It's important you find a name that's comfortable and fitting. Timing varies from person to person, and birth to birth. I've spoken to parents who surfed online for names in the hospital just minutes before their son was born, and parents who had names picked out years in advance. Read more about baby names.
Q: I'm pregnant and have genital warts. Will this hurt my baby?
It's rare for babies to catch the virus that causes genital warts from their moms. While some children do develop warts on their vocal cords or in the diaper area, it is not necessarily linked to whether the mom had genital warts during pregnancy. Read more about genital warts.
Q: When can I find out the sex of my baby? Do the ultrasound technicians ever make mistakes?
While checking on the well-being of your baby, an ultrasound technician may also be able to determine the gender of your baby as early as week 16 or week 17 of pregnancy (however, between weeks 18 and 26 is best). Read more about finding out the gender of your baby.
Your Partner
Your Job as Coach
One of the hardest things for many fathers-to-be is the sense of helplessness they feel. Men can't chip in by carrying their growing baby, giving their partners a break by going to the bathroom every 15 minutes, or by struggling to sleep at night. No, expecting dads just have to watch their partners cope with certain aspects of pregnancy all by themselves.
Some men respond to this situation by becoming Nervous Nellies. They worry over everything, afraid the slightest change means something might be wrong with their unborn child. In these cases, they mean to be helpful but may only end up stressing their partners out!
Some men disengage from the pregnancy experience, leaving their partners to manage the pregnancy alone. Others act out against their partners, even calling them fat or ridiculing them for eating too much. These reactions stem from the same out-of-control feelings. It can be difficult for men who want to step in and help but are instead be relegated only to sit back, watch, and cheer from the sidelines.
The best thing you can to do at this point is to focus on supporting your partner in any way she needs it. Help her reduce her worry, her responsibilities, her load, literally and figuratively. Think of your job as being her coach. Here are some tips:
- Make her snacks or buy her a water bottle so she never is without food or drink
- If you aren't already, help out more at home so she can get more rest
- Give her foot or back massages
In essence, pamper your partner now more than ever because in doing so you will also be pampering and feeding your unborn baby as well as building even more intimacy between you and your partner. If you can remember that everything you do for her you are also doing for your baby, you will feel more connected, more a part of this incredible process of pregnancy.


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Goatboy wrote:I don't know exactly what they look for, but basically at that level they can tell, for example, that a particular bit was a 0 to begin with, then a 1, then a 0 again, 1, , etc. Sorry I can't explain it better. Google it, perhaps?
Goatboy wrote:Hey, all of those commas, with the exception of the double comma typo, were properly placed. However, understandably, I can see how someone like you may, in certain circumstances, become overloaded by the number, frequency, and density of commas in a sentence, and, in turn, slip, oh, so tragically, into a coma.
That enough for ya?
jovial01 wrote:What do you all think is better:
Digitally shredding the file making it mathematically/computationally infeasible to put back together again?
msbachman wrote:You can, theoretically, recover data after that, but it's not a simple matter anymore. We're talking, at that point, about electron microscopy to see vague, ill-defined, skips in overlaps where a bit might be readable from what it originally was.
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What you need to know about traumatic brain injury
Bomb blasts during wartime, motor vehicle accidents and big hits in competitive sports—all of these can cause traumatic brain injury (TBI).
"The document offers clinical pearls and advanced evaluation techniques."
Safety concerns in the NFL and wounded warriors returning home have put TBI in the spotlight. Because of the visual disorders associated with brain injury, optometrists have reasons to pay attention.
With increased awareness of TBI, the AOA's Vision Rehabilitation Section has developed the new Brain Injury Electronic Resource Manual (BIERM). The manual, developed over six years, is a comprehensive resource to aid optometrists in evaluating patients with brain injury.
"For the best patient outcomes, optometrists need to be involved with the rehabilitation team," said Maria Santullo Richman, O.D., member of the committee that developed the manual and chair of the AOA's Vision Rehabilitation Section. "In the past, few optometrists were on staff at hospitals or in rehabilitation centers. We wouldn't see these patients until much later in their care continuum. That's changing, and this manual reflects the optometrist's role in the rehabilitation model."
Clinical pearls for practicing ODs
"We took a hard look at research and clinical guidance on diagnosis of TBI," Dr. Richman said. "In turn, the document offers clinical pearls and advanced evaluation techniques for working with brain-injured patients."
The first section of the BIERM focuses on evaluation and assessment of common visual conditions associated with TBI, including binocular vision, accommodative, and eye movement disorders. To make it easier to use, it includes helpful elements such as a glossary, lists of commonly used equipment and an overview of the numerous tests involved in evaluation.
The work does not stop with the first volume. A second volume in development will focus on treatment and management of brain-injured patients over time.
"Many ODs are already involved in caring for patients with brain injury, but there is still a lot of opportunity for others," Dr. Richman said. "Through this manual, we hope to make it easier for optometrists to help these patients—and give them a better quality of life."


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Date(s) - 05/12/2019
19:00 - 22:00
11 Dove Street, 1st floor
Our traditional Thursday evening event. Soldering, software, sawing, stitching, socialising, and probably other things beginning with S.
Turn up for your weekly dose of making, or chatting and procrastination, as the mood takes you.
New members are as welcome as ever, just drop in for an ad-hoc tour and to meet the regulars.


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"Buddha says, "Know your forms of linux: Mandrake, SUSE, Linspire, Xandros, Lycoris, MEPIS, Fedora Core, and Ubuntu""
HTS costs up to $300 a month to operate. We need your help!
Help me hack NASA?
Wow, a lot of people comment here ...
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Hello bro, you r really awesome, master of hacking.
I need your help bro plz, i wanna hack a russian virtual social networking android or java application named Galaxy which is provided by MobStudio but i am not getting any idea to hack that application so please bro help me. I will be very thankful. Thanks in advance.
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i hack you profile :]
I am new to this site. x_x
can u teach me stuff from like step 1 cuz i have no clue wut the hell im doin man just wanting to work on wut i use hacks and stuff like that
The School Madison Academy suspended a cancer survivor today because he is growing his hair "too long" which he will donate to other survivors in locks for love.
SCHOOLS WEB SITE: http://www.madison-academy.org/index.asp
I cant get passed level one in basic missions. What did you do to pass it?
hello pls help me learn basic html password hacking
. . ..can you help me guyz how to hack??plss add me in fb .. firstname.lastname@example.com . .. just send me a message .. i want to be a hacker ..yeahhhh
i see u havent been on in three years, which is a shame :( thanks for the contribution to the site, ur a role model :))
Hello Nuticulus, kudos. :D
u r amazing
Your a god or should I say, goddess! I'm "hella old and stupid" when it comes to this. My goal... to be like you
happy bday m8 :)
WOW! Respect for u! O_O
Hoe. lol.
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orite man just started hackin and dont know where to stat lol was wounderin if u could giv me some pointers on how to start off and what sort of stuff to learn. if u can comment me. cheers
Hitekrednek, you missed quite a few...
Any more mission requests/hack help = ban
One question. At what age did you start learning Java, and Html, and that area of stuff? Were you young or in college?
Okay guys, You\'ll notice that some of the above posts mention noobs. Yes, they raped this profile. I deleted the stupid posts. If any more stupid posts are made, they will also be deleted. Don\'t waste your time.
Comments requesting mission/hacking help will be edited and their writer will be castrated medieval style.
You have been warned
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not to be an annoying suck up but it is cool that you\'re #1
would u ppl stop posting on this guy\'s profile. ur all like, i dunno this. i dunno that. tell me the answers. man i kno u guys r like\'where am i\', but rely, go and LEARN something. thats what this is for. dont kno anything? LEARN something! dont go down to nuticulus and say \"since ur so great, giv me all the answers u got\"thats like saying\"i hav no idea what im doing, plz tell me what im going to get at the end of this so i dont hav to waste wat little brain i hav.\"just learn! thats what this place is 4! srry if that was too flamy, but SERIOUSLY!


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The Path: Bible study
May 15, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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Led by Rev. Paul Mullen, this group will take a journey through the bible using the book called 'The Path'. They will meet Tuesday evenings starting at 7 pm. It will be a small group as Paul hopes that each group will branch out and develop another small group. Please call the office to sign up (403-243-3180)


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Earth from Space: Canadian Arctic
This Envisat image shows the snow-covered Nunavut territory in the Canadian Arctic. The icy body of water is Fox Basin, a shallow extension of the Atlantic Ocean.
The basin remains ice-covered for most of the year, with landfast ice (sea ice that remains attached to the coast) dominating in the shallower northern waters and pack ice (normally broken separate blocs of ice) covering the deeper southern waters.
Baffin Island, the fifth largest island in the world, is visible in the top right, and Melville Peninsula is visible in the lower left. Prince Charles Island (round shaped, west of Baffin Island) is the largest island in the basin. As visible, it appears to be attached to Baffin Island via a temporary ice bridge.
Stretching roughly 500 km across at its widest point, the basin is home to the last large landmasses discovered in North America. Prince Charles Island, Air Force Island (located directly east of Prince Charles Island) and Foley Island (north of Prince Charles Island) were all discovered in 1948 from aerial surveys.
Due to the low elevation of the sun at this time of the year, the top of the image appears very dark. The position of the low sun gives the clouds in the upper part of the image a reddish tint.
The Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) acquired this image on 2 December 2009. AATSR, one of the 10 instruments on Envisat, has a visible-light imaging capability for land surfaces and atmospheric clouds and aerosols.
The instrument is an improved version of the ATSR flown on ESA's first Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-1) in 1991 and its successor ATSR-2, launched in 1995 on ERS-2.
Working day and night AATSR measures global sea surface temperature (SST) to an accuracy of 0.3º K, constantly extending an 18-year satellite dataset commenced by the predecessor ATSR instruments. The top two metres of the ocean alone contain more energy than the entire atmosphere, and so this long, continuous time-series of SST data provides important information for modelling Earth's climate.
AATSR is also especially sensitive to anomalous heat sources such as volcanoes or the central cores of forest fires. For more than a decade, ERS-2 and Envisat have been continuously surveying fires burning across Earth's surface. Worldwide fire maps based on data from ATSR-2 and AATSR are available to users online in near real time through ESA's ATSR World Fire Atlas.
More than 50 million hectares of forest are burnt annually, and these fires have a significant impact on global atmospheric pollution, with biomass burning contributing to the global budgets of greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide.
Quantifying fire is important for the ongoing study of climate change. The 1998 El Niño, for example, helped encourage fires across Borneo which emitted up to 2.5 billion tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, equivalent to Europe's entire carbon emissions that year.


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License plate theft on rise
Police say there is way to protect car stickers
Milwaukee police are warning people to watch their license plates.
People in police District Two, on the Milwaukee's south side, received an email telling them of an increase in thefts from vehicles and people stealing license plates.
Police said 25 percent of thefts in the city are license plate thefts.
There are anti-theft fasteners people can buy to make the plates more difficult to remove.
Officer Josephine Jones said there is something people can do to the sticker to stop thieves.
"Take a razor blade and just put little slice marks in the sticker. That will completely deter them to get that whole sticker. And that's what their target is, that sticker," Jones said.
Police said remove all valuables from your car, lock it and remove any adapters to electronics that might tip off a thief to what's inside the vehicle.


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The entire Lürzer team wishes you a safe journey to Obertauern.
You can look forward to a restful and a relaxing stay with your loved ones as well as fun skiing, exciting shopping, lively nightlife, and culinary delights.
Our own FREUDENHAUS TAXI company will take you safely and comfortably to and from Obertauern.
Arriving by car
From the north:
From Salzburg on the Tauern motorway A 10 take the motorway exit Radstadt (Exit 63), on the Katschberg Federal road to Radstadt and then to Obertauern (distance from Radstadt to Obertauern is about 20 km).
From the south:
From Villach on the Tauern motorway A10 to the motorway exit St. Michael toll station (Exit 104), then Mauterndorf to Obertauern (distance from St. Michael to Obertauern is about 27 km).
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The nearest railway station is in Radstadt (distance 20 km).
Train timetables can be found at: www.oebb.at or www.bahn.de
Book your FREUDENHAUS taxi train station transfer and you will be comfortably chauffeured safely from the station to your hotel in Obertauern.
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Salzburg Airport: 1 hour, about 90 km
Munich Airport: about 2 1/2 hours, about 260 km


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