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Commentary on Proverbs 14:16, by St. Clement of Alexandria, from Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture,Old Testament IX, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, p. 100.
Awe is a fear of the divine. But if fear is a passion, as some insist that fear is a passion, not every fear is a passion. Superstition is a passion, being the fear of spiritual powers which are themselves agitated by different passions. On the other side, the fear of the God who is free from passions is itself free from passions. It is really not a fear of God but a fear of losing him. This fear is a fear of falling into evil; it is a fear of evil. Fear of falling is a desire for incorruptibility and for freedom from the passions.
Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky
In a time of fiery temptations for the Church of Russia, you manifested Christ's love to your flock through meekness and humility. As a good pastor you laid down your life for Him. Pray for us, Hieromartyr Alexander, that our souls may be illumined!
Kontakion, Tone 2
Hieromartyr Alexander, you bore labors and illness upon your shoulders, and joyfully took the narrow path of suffering for Christ, through which you attained the heavenly Kingdom. Entreat God the Savior to grant us mercy on the Day of Judgment!


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One person was dead and another injured in a fire at a Lakeview East apartment building this evening, but the actions of the injured victim might have saved others.
The fire in a four-story multi-unit apartment building in the 500 block of West Wellington Street began about 5:30 p.m.
One person died and one was initially considered in critical condition following the fire, according to the Chicago Fire Department's media affairs office. The second patient was later upgraded to fair-to-serious condition at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where the first victim was pronounced dead.
The fire on the building's ground floor was contained to one apartment, according to the Fire Department.
Injured resident Michael Mejia, 27, heard the building's fire alarm go off and came into the second-floor hallway to see what was happening. But few others seemed to be concerned.
"Everyone went back into their apartments like it was nothing," Mejia said, speaking from his hospital bed. "My neighbor across the hall said it was probably just burning food."
Mejia and a neighbor went outside to the front of the building and saw flames shooting out of a ground-floor apartment. Without second-guessing himself, he said, he raced back into the building to warn his neighbors.
"I just said, I can't sit and watch this building fill with smoke and not do anything," Mejia said, who only moved into the building three weeks ago. "I just wanted to make sure everyone had a fighting chance to get out."
The smoke was too thick on the ground floor, so the Navy veteran raced through the hallways of the upper three floors of the four-story building, knocking on each door and directing residents to the rear staircase away from the concentrated smoke in the front of the building.
Inhaling the soot and smoke, Mejia even stopped two residents from jumping out a second-floor window to escape, he said.
"I just said, 'Stick your head out the window, take a deep breath and get to the back,' " Mejia said.
Mejia finally left the building himself once he was sure he'd reached every door. Once outside, he struggled to catch his breath and began feeling faint. Paramedics transported him to Illinois Masonic where he remained Friday night, being treated for smoke inhalation.
Residents outside the building Friday night said they were informed their apartments were still habitable, but some were seen leaving the building with suitcases and pets. Residents also said the deceased victim was an elderly man.
"We used to see him out front smoking," said Arlett Castillo, who lives on the second floor.
Castillo, 23, said she had come downstairs to get her laundry when she heard the smoke alarm go off in the ground-floor apartment. Minutes later, the building alarm went off and she went downstairs to call 911.
"We went out the back door, came down the alley and we saw the flames," she said. "The glass was breaking from the flames."
Fire and police officials were still on the scene as of 9:30 pm. Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said the cause of the fire was under investigation.
Mejia said his four years of military training gave him the skills he needed to act under pressure.
"I couldn't ignore a fire alarm in my building and I didn't know what was going on," he said. "I was willing to risk my life to make sure everyone else got out."
Tribune reporter Liam Ford contributed.

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June 2007
Part II Conclusion: Policy Considerations
Each of the authorizers profiled here operates within a unique policy environment, with its own advantages and challenges for effective authorizing. Rather than viewing the environment in which they work as an impediment, all have worked to understand and use their state's charter policies to their advantage and perform the practices associated with highquality authorizing because of and in spite of their environment.
Still, it is vital for state policymakers to create as strong an environment as possible for effective charter school authorizing. To support authorizing as a key to high-quality charter schools, policymakers must examine what should be changed in their state to ensure that authorizers have the accountability, autonomy, and support to enable them to work effectively. While there are many ways policymakers can approach each of these challenges, the experience of the authorizers pro- filed here suggests a common set of issues that all policymakers should take into account (summarized in fig. 16, "Checklist of Policy-related Factors that Affect the Quality of Charter Authorizing").
Figure 16. Checklist of Policy-related Factors That Affect the Quality of Charter Authorizing
Level and Type of External Accountability
Define authorizer "success" and devise systems to hold authorizers accountable for meeting these standards.
Since authorizer's environment is already complex, make these systems as least burdensome and as results-oriented as possible.
Level of Operation Autonomy
Provide authorizers with sufficient autonomy to pursue their authorizing missions and carry out their responsibilities.
In cases of joint oversight of charter schools by the authorizer and other entities (e.g., the New York State Department of Education) foster a streamline relationship between monitoring entities that maximizes efficiency and minimizes the administrative burden upon charter schools.
Vulnerability to Political Change
Empower a mix of authorizers so that quality authorizing will continue in the state despite political change.
While exposing authorizers to accountability for results, insulate authorizers from specialized interests and protect their ability to make merit-based decisions.
Limits on Charter School Growth
In cases where authorizers have a proven ability to open and monitor successful schools, remove caps on the number of charter schools that can operate in a given locate.
Foster success by providing authorizers with adequate resources and holding them accountable for results.
In states with caps, consider rewarding authorizers that open and monitor successful schools by allowing them to authorize additional schools. Conversely, disempower authorizers that do not meet expectations.
Level and Type of Funding
Analyze the current funding structure to determine if it provides adequate resources to support high-quality authorizing practices.
Improve funding if necessary by increasing the amount of per-pupil funding, the availability of external funding, the level of institutional support, or by some other means.


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Back in boxing, Tyson ready to promote with pride
VERONA, N.Y. (AP) — When Mike Tyson returns to boxing on Friday night, he'll be on the outside of the ring looking in.
More than two decades after a social worker introduced him to trainer Cus D'Amato, Tyson will return to his roots in this sport, but this time as a promoter. The former heavyweight champion has a new enterprise, Iron Mike Productions, and he will present his first fight card at Turning Stone Resort.
The main event features an IBF super bantamweight title fight between champion Argenis Mendez and challenger Arash Usmanee.
Tyson says he's ecstatic to be back in the sport. He says his fighters won't be subjected to what he went through in his heyday.
"When I first got involved, I just didn't know," Tyson said. "Never in a thousand years did I plan on doing it. I'm just happy to be back involved in boxing. It's a dream come true. I'm a little nervous."
The man who once sued promoter Don King for $100 million for taking his money also has reinvented himself as an entertainer. Last month, Tyson announced he's going back to pay television, where his fights were some of the biggest moneymakers in boxing history. He's teaming with director Spike Lee to bring Tyson's one-man stage show to HBO later this year. The program was filmed on Broadway, where "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth" ran last summer.
Tyson's wife, Kiki, wrote the script for the stage show, which toured the country earlier this year. Tyson said it reflects his life's journey from Brooklyn street tough guy to happily married father, and credits his wife for his foray into promoting.
Not bad for a man who only five years ago was a desperate drug addict contemplating suicide. His depression reached a low on May 26, 2009, when his 4-year-old daughter, Exodus, was tragically killed when she was strangled by a cord while playing on a treadmill.
It hit Tyson hard, but the death — and his marriage to Kiki soon after — helped rescue him from the abyss.
"I didn't think I'd be here much longer," Tyson said. "I was planning on killing myself. I was overdosing every night. I couldn't believe it — that I was waking up. Living life is different for me.
"I had to change my life. It's been hell, but I'm happy to be alive."
And ecstatic to be back in the sport, where he earned and lost over $300 million.
Tyson, 47, who was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in nearby Canastota, N.Y., two years ago, hopes to provide his fighters with a structured environment for success — in and out of the ring.
"You're never going to hear them say 'Mike Tyson stole from me.' Hopefully, they'll never end up like me," he said. "I'm not a magician. The only thing I can do is suggest — go in the right direction. We have to look for happiness within. I can't stop somebody from hurting themself."
Still, he knows it won't be the same.
"I can't be like Cus. These guys (today) would lose their minds with the discipline," Tyson said. "Forty percent of fighters — they can't even make their own weight. Fighters need to be self-motivated. They should be the first one in the gym and the last one out. I'm never going to be wealthy again, but I can still give back. Boxing gave me so much. This should be fun.
"This should really be fun."


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NEW YORK — As the glow fades from the Giants' Super Bowl win, some New York sports fans are focusing on basketball and hockey.
Others can't. More than 2 million Time Warner Cable subscribers lost broadcasts of the NBA's Knicks and the NHL's Rangers, Devils, Islanders and Sabres on Jan. 1 because of a fight over rate increases between the cable giant and MSG Network.
MSG Media President Michael Bair says the dispute could last through the end of the leagues' regular seasons in April.
Time Warner spokeswoman Maureen Huff says MSG is demanding a 53 percent increase in the price Time Warner pays for its programming. Bair calls that figure incorrect but didn't elaborate.
The dispute affects subscribers in New York City, upstate New York and parts of New Jersey.


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Router 101 #1: Router 101 Episode 1 choosing a router.
I started my Youtube channel series router 101 some time ago, and Ep.7 (of 8) is just out. The link for Episode 1, choosing a router can be found here: Please do take a look, comment and like, be sure to check out all the episodes, there are a lot of tips, tricks, and jig making episodes within the full series.


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Upstream will also look at dropping individual features if they are not ready in time
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== Documentation ==
Revision as of 20:26, 14 December 2011
Update GNOME to the latest upstream release
- Name: Matthias Clasen
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 17
- Last updated: 2011-12-13
- Percentage of completion: 25
Most GNOME modules have been updated to 3.3.2 versions in rawhide.
Detailed Description
GNOME 3.4 refines the GNOME 3 user experience in a number of areas, from improved search in the shell overview, to theme improvements, to application menus. In the control-center, the network panel will see major work, and Wacom tablet support will be improved. A new application, gnome-boxes, will provide easy access to VMs.
For a list of features that are being worked on for GNOME 3.4, see https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointThree/Features
Benefit to Fedora
Fedora stays in sync with upstream.
- Keep existing GNOME packages updated
- Package newly independent submodules of gnome-utils
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Generic 'desktop testing' is always appropriate for a major new desktop version.
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- Maximized windows can gain more screen real estate by hiding their title bar. We expect some of the new apps to use this option
- Unfocused windows will have an 'attenuated' appearance
- Features/Gnome_shell_software_rendering will be nice to have to get the GNOME 3 user experience on more platforms, but not a hard requirement
Contingency Plan
- If GNOME 3.4 does not happen in time for Fedora 17, ship a release candidate like 3.3.92
- Upstream will also look at dropping individual features if they are not ready in time
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As Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor makes the rounds meeting key senators on Capitol Hill this week, the South Bronx where she was raised and much of the city she still calls home are rippling with pride – orgullo, in Spanish.
At the same time, people here along Bruckner Boulevard bristle at the attacks against Judge Sotomayor by conservatives like Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh, who have called her a racist. While each has toned down his criticism in the past day, many in this multicultural and predominantly Democratic borough believe the attacks themselves show a lack of understanding about how growing up in a "minority-majority" neighborhood shapes one's view of the world.
At the Caribe Fruits and Vegetables market on Westchester Avenue, where guavas and plantains sit next to a cooler full of Coke, Luis Irizarry calls Sotomayor "one of the best."
"We Puerto Ricans are very proud," says the retired postal worker, who came from Puerto Rico 35 years ago. "She grew up right here. What she's going to do for the Latin people is going to be a big surprise: Latin people will feel differently about themselves because she's on the court."
At the community center of the Bronxdale Houses, the project where Sotomayor grew up, college junior Derrick Hewley of Dominican and African-American descent puts it this way:
"It feels like if anyone from the Bronx can attain such a high position, it shows us that we can all do that," he says. "It gives me hope. I'm excited to be part of the Bronx and representing the Bronx."
This is a community that is so racially and ethnically mixed, he says, that "nobody up here ever says, 'You're Puerto Rican or you're Dominican so I'm not going to hang with you,' " he says. "We get to know the person first."
There is also a strong sense among some here that the type of perspective in the Bronx is still missing in some crucial parts of mainstream American culture. That's why Sotomayor's nomination is seen as such a huge step.
"She will bring compassion," says Jose Mulero, who came to the United States as a teenager 50 years ago. "I'm not saying white people can't be compassionate or that they discriminate, necessarily, but white people think often of themselves. Latin people, minorities, we think of us all together."
That might sound to some exactly like the kind of reverse racism that critics have charged Sotomayor with. She said in a speech in 2001: "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life." Through the White House, Sotomayor has made clear that was a poor choice of words.
But in that same speech, she also talked about the tension in America between being "a melting pot and a salad bowl."
"We are a nation that takes pride in our ethnic diversity, recognizing its importance in shaping our society and in adding richness to its existence," she said. "Yet we simultaneously insist that we can and must function and live in a race and colorblind way that ignore these very differences that in other contexts we laud."
For many young people in this neighborhood, those differences are still very much apparent – as are some of the vestiges of distrust between races and socioeconomic groups. Diane Biswas is a high school graduate with some college course work who grew up in the neighborhood surrounding the Bronxdale Houses. She's also a single mother. When she was applying for a job in an upscale store in Manhattan, she felt people were suspicious just because she lived in the South Bronx.
"They asked, 'Is it going to be problem for you to get down here?' " she says. "But the way they asked I knew exactly what they meant: 'Is she a ghetto girl coming from the Bronx to work here and corrupt us?' I know they didn't mean to sound that way, but it was there."
Because of such experiences, many New Yorkers believe that the gist of Sotomayor's controversial comment was on target, if poorly worded. As the first Latina on the court, they say, she will bring a new perspective.
"It's very much like the first time Thurgood Marshall [an African-American] was nominated: He brought with him a sense of this country that had been missing from the Supreme Court," says Robert Ramirez, incoming president of the Puerto Rican Bar Association in New York. "That was not exclusive of his intimate knowledge of the Constitution. It simply means that he was able to add his unique perspective and a history that may not have always been given voice to on the court. Sotomayor can do that, too, not because the other justices may not have wanted to, but just that it's impossible to have that unique perspective unless you've been raised in the Bronx where you've experienced the culture and flavor and challenge of becoming an accomplished academic performer here."
Growing up with two languages and two cultures, as well as moving between two very different economic strata – think South Bronx and Yale – creates a unique kind of dexterity, say some Latina scholars.
"I always talk about my life as jumping double Dutch – two ropes going in opposite directions and jumping really, really hard and trying not to stop either of them," says Esmeralda Santiago, author of "When I Was Puerto Rican." "Sotomayor is a very good example of that, of somebody who is on both sides and can see both sides and has the intellect to be objective about both sides. I think that's something that's very rare and unusual."
Back on Capitol Hill, though, Republican senators are scouring her record to see if there's any indication that Sotomayor's controversial comment – the "wise Latina woman" one – has influenced her judicial temperament or understanding of the law. On Fox News earlier this week, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) of South Carolina expressed his reservations about her nomination this way: "That statement is not about talking about her life experiences," he said. "It's getting from her life experiences a superiority based on those experiences versus somebody else in society. And I don't want that kind of person being a judge in my case."


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Oct. 17, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT water polo team jumped out to an early lead over Connecticut College and did not look back, notching a 16-3 victory over Connecticut College on Friday night.
The Engineers scored the first 15 goals of the game through three periods, before going on to a comfortable 16-3 win over the Camels. Palmer Rosemond led the MIT attack with three goals. Mark Artz, Mike Smith-Bronstein, Rob Kalwarowsky, Brett Boval and Alex Mattfolk each contributed a pair of scores. Three other Engineers, John Preis, Nick Souza and Brian Gardiner, contributed to the offensive effort.
Freshman goalkeeper Columbus Leonard had nine saves in the win and did not allow a goal until the final period. With the win, Tech improves to 5-9 on the season. Connecticut College falls to 0-6 versus intercollegiate competition.
The Engineers will be back in the Zesiger Pool tomorrow afternoon, as they Queens College at 12:00 p.m. Tech then welcomes St. Francis for the final game of the weekend on Sunday at 12:00 p.m.


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Thatcher funeral to be held on April 17
Queen Elizabeth II will be among the mourners at the funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on April 17, officials announced on Tuesday.world Updated: Apr 09, 2013 17:04 IST
Queen Elizabeth II will be among the mourners at the funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on April 17, officials announced on Tuesday.
Buckingham Palace said the queen and her husband, Prince Philip, would attend the ceremony at St. Paul's Cathedral, which is expected to draw dignitaries from around the world.
Undertakers removed the former prime minister's body from London's Ritz Hotel where she died on Monday at the age of 87, amid preparations for a ceremonial funeral with full military honors. A van carrying Thatcher's casket left the hotel on Tuesday for an undisclosed location.
Thatcher will not receive a state funeral, which requires a vote in the Parliament, but the ceremony features the same level of pomp and honor afforded to Princess Diana and the Queen Mother Elizabeth.
The last British leader to receive a state funeral was Winston Churchill in 1965.
Thatcher's coffin will lie overnight at the Houses of Parliament before the funeral, and then travel on a horse-drawn gun carriage to the cathedral along a route lined by military personnel.
The televised funeral will be followed by a private cremation.
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Not a T-Bird but these wheels would look great on one. They're off a late '90's Crown Vic.
The Crown Vic wheels would be too low on the offset to use on a 5-lug swapped Fox Bird, but the version that was used on the 90-92 Mark VII LSC would be just about right. And I agree, the classic mesh wheel would look great on our cars.
84 Mustang SVO
95 Jaguar XJR
Nice looking cat.
87 Tbird LX w/Factory floor shifter 3G upgrade. Tinted Windows...85 Mustang GT steering wheel(non-cruise) 17'' Saleen SC style wheels,Front/Rear TC sway bars/poly bushings & Mustang GT steering rack...'05 Mustang V6 springs...93 Cobra MC & booster, MM adjustable C/C plates, Work In Progress....... ( On The Shelf---HO computer, 19lb injectors, HO cam, BBK headers, Explorer Intake, Cold Air Intake ,Phantom Gauges, Stinger stainless exhaust pipes )


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Stop us if you've heard this story before, but a sketchily sourced bit of rare Apple kits hits eBay -- say an iPhone 4 prototype similar to the one Gizmodo got their hands on last year -- and people start to bid crazy amounts of money for it... before Apple legal ultimate has it removed from auction. (And no doubt sends post-cog commandos crashing through some skylights, somewhere.)
It's right now at $70K and climbing. So enjoy the spectator sport while it lasts.
Who's selling it and how long it will take Apple to start issuing demand letters we don't know. All we know is that Google probably isn't one of the bidders. The amounts are far too even. No non-linear or squares of negative numbers in the bidding history, far as we can tell...
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Auto Vacuum Freezer Ice Cream, anyone?
I've stumbled on an old copy of the Boston Cooking School Cook Book from 1923, by none other than Fannie Merritt Farmer of that revered classic. Besides the interesting content, which I'll be writing about later I'm sure, the book is a treasure trove of old food ads. I'm going to be posting a few of them in the coming days. (I've got a bit of a computer issue at the moment so no long posts from me for a few more days.)
This one, for example, is an ad for a contraption to make ice cream. I wonder what it's all about. Something perhaps related to using liquid nitrogen which, strangely enough, is hardly new at all.
I've tried to find more information about this particular contraption on the web, but so far my search has turned up nothing. Has anyone heard of this company? Do you know what this Vacuum Freezer thing is exactly?


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Up all night in Philadelphia
It was long day's journey into night. And into the twilight zone and then on into the absurd.
It was a game that ended later than any other game in Major League history: 4:40 a.m. A game that didn't even start until almost 1:30 in the morning because it was the nightcap -- in this case, a most apt description -- of a doubleheader, Padres vs. Phillies at Veterans Stadium beginning on July 2, 1993, in which the first contest was interrupted three times by rain -- causing a total of five hours and 54 minutes of delay. It was a game that, naturally, went to extra innings.
It was long day's journey into night. And into the twilight zone and then on into the absurd.
It was a game that ended later than any other game in Major League history: 4:40 a.m. A game that didn't even start until almost 1:30 in the morning because it was the nightcap -- in this case, a most apt description -- of a doubleheader, Padres vs. Phillies at Veterans Stadium beginning on July 2, 1993, in which the first contest was interrupted three times by rain -- causing a total of five hours and 54 minutes of delay. It was a game that, naturally, went to extra innings.
It was one of the games that became emblematic of that enchanted Phillies season, and the roster of reprobates who won the hearts of the populace and rode their magic carpet all the way to Game 6 of the World Series.
It ended, as it probably had to, with closer Mitch Williams stroking an opposite-field single to left in the bottom of the 10th and Pete Incaviglia chugging across the plate and late, great Hall of Fame announcer Harry Kalas nearly beside himself in the booth. "The game is over! On an RBI hit by Mitchy Pooh!" Halas bellowed into the microphone after the improbable 6-5 win.
Phillies fans of a certain age know the outlines of the story by heart. On the 20th anniversary of that preposterous just-when-you-think-you've-seen-it-all chapter in franchise history, here are a few stories that might not be as familiar.
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Chris Wheeler was the PRISM announcer that fateful evening. In those simpler times, the broadcasters didn't get a break. Along with Jay Johnstone, he worked every inning. So when the second game ended 12 hours and five minutes after the first game started, Wheeler was pretty beat.
The worst part was that Wheeler had just bought a new house. And as he was trudging up to the front door, he could only think of one thing.
"I'm walking up the driveway about 10 until six in the morning, with the tie down, looking like hell and my neighbors had to think, 'We've got a real roustabout. Look at this rummy coming home at 6 o'clock in the morning,'" he recalled with a laugh.
When the first game ended, nobody was really certain whether the second game would be played that night.
"My mind was going, 'We're not really going to play this thing, are we? There's no chance we're going to play,'" Wheeler said. "And then the announcement came. We weren't happy. Jay was a guy with great energy. It didn't bother him at all; he was fine. The only good thing was that we sent it back [to the studio] during the delays. We didn't have to fill. There were years before when we had to fill.
"I remember never having felt so absolutely exhausted. I'm not a coffee guy, but I drank a lot of Diet Coke. Caffeinated. We did every ... single ... inning. And I was pretty proud of what we did that night, because I thought we hung in there pretty well considering."
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With another game coming up in a few hours, some of the Phillies' players decided not to go home at all. They just slept in the clubhouse and then got ready to play again. Third baseman Dave Hollins, now a special assignments scout for the Phillies, was mindful of the Vet's reputation.
"I went home. I'd rather sleep there than with the rats," he said with a laugh. "It was just a crazy night."
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Reliever Roger Mason pitched in both ends of the doubleheader for San Diego. Not long before, manager Jim Riggleman had talked to him about possibly signing a long-term contract with the team.
"I actually expected to stay in San Diego for awhile," he said.
Instead, after Mason got to the Vet before the next game, he was told he had been traded to the Phillies.
"It happened so fast. I got called into [Riggleman's] office like an hour before the game," Mason said. "I thought that was really an odd time to be called into the manager's office. I walked in and the GM [Randy Smith] was in there and I was like, 'OK, what's going on?' And they told me I'd been traded.
"That was really bizarre. I really wanted to pitch in that game that night, because I think I would have been one of two players in history to play for different teams on the same day. But I pitched in both games of the doubleheader, so they said there was no way."
It was actually the second time in the series Mason had been disappointed. He had been hoping the second game wouldn't end as soon as it did.
"It had gotten to be so ridiculous," he explained. "I think if we had played 20 more minutes, we would have played until the sun came up. And I really kind of thought that would have been kind of cool. I mean, once you've gotten that far, what the heck? Why not really do it up right?"
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Sometime after 3 a.m., manager Jim Fregosi's wife, Joni, woke up and realized her husband wasn't home. Concerned, she called the clubhouse and was told that he couldn't come to the phone because he was in the dugout and the game was still going on.
She didn't fully believe it until she turned on the television to see for herself.
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Everybody remembers that part of the mystique of the game was that as the night dragged on, the crowd actually started getting bigger. As the bars closed, people realized the Phillies were playing and came down to the park. And that just played into the rabble-rousing persona that this team embraced. Fregosi, 51 at the time, joked afterwards that it was past his bedtime. Others looked at it differently.
"No matter what happened, I figured there was no way that '93 team could lose a game starting at 1:30. That was really the peak of our evening. That was when we were at our best. So I kind of figured we had that one in the bag," said reliever Larry Andersen, now the Phillies' radio analyst.
"The stadium was emptying out, and then all of a sudden the crowd was getting bigger. You could hear everybody. It kind of took me back to a pick-up high school game to where you were just out there having fun. It was hard to put yourself in a position of [thinking] that this was a real big league game. But it was. Everybody knew it. But it just had more of a playful feel to it," he said. "There's not really a way to describe it."
Added first baseman John Kruk, now an ESPN analyst: "We knew we had the advantage. One, two, three in the morning, we were in our prime. The Padres team back then, they had a lot of guys who went to church a lot. They were done."
The Phillies trailed 5-0 going into the bottom of the fourth. They came back to tie the score in the bottom of the eighth after Andersen pitched a scoreless top of the inning and missed a chance to win in regulation when pitcher Tommy Greene, in as a pinch-runner, was thrown out at the plate trying to score on a wild pitch.
"Pitching at that hour was odd," Andersen said. "But 3 o'clock was probably when I felt I was the greatest pitcher that ever lived. It was much easier to convince myself of that at that hour of the night."
The fans who were there at the end chanted for a curtain call from Williams, who pitched two innings of shutout relief to get the win. After a few minutes, Wild Thing came out and waved his cap.
"I stayed because I had to," he said at the time, adding that his family was in town but left after the first game and that his father went to sleep in his truck in the parking lot. "I do some of my best work at 4:30 in the morning."
The Phillies said they offered to postpone the second game until the following day but that the umpires, who had the final call, were determined to play. That led to a rules change, limiting how late a game can start.
Said Dewitt Hobbs, the 73-year-old security guard in the visitors' clubhouse: "It's been 50 years since I stayed out all night."
The Phillies' leadoff hitter for Game 2 was Ruben Amaro Jr., now the team's general manager.
"My memories are of people coming back from the bars. I think they came from the bars. They came from somewhere. Fairly inebriated," he said. "But being right over the dugouts and screaming and really getting into it. It was kind of bizarre. Kind of surreal. But it was neat running out there and high-fiving everybody after the game. It was hilarious, but that's the kind of stuff that makes baseball so amazing."
But there haven't been many days -- and nights -- of baseball that were more amazing than this one.
Paul Hagen is a reporter for MLB.com.


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Lean, Hang, or Stand the New Philips DesignLine TV
The new Philips DesignLine TV is a striking design, a seamless monolithic sheet of glass with transparent ombre finish designed to lean against the wall like the cool kids back in high school, giving the appearance of a giant floating picture...
The clear-to-black gradient delivers a unique visual impression, alongside eliminating the presence of a stand or "neck" typically associated with HDTV display designs. Additionally, a 3-sided Ambilight backlighting system adds to the disappearing act by actively extending light and color outside the bounds of the DesignLine television according to whatever is being displayed on the screen.
Integrated wi-fi connectivity with iPhone and iPad devices via app and smart content features are included, alongside the ability to display 3D content on a choice of 46- and 55-inch displays.
With the likes of IKEA, Sony, B&O, and Samsung's all dabbling in experimental large HDTV display designs, it appears we're entering the next era of display design where we may see some unusual (if not funky) display shapes that move beyond the rectangular sheet on a stand style we're all acquainted with. It's yet to be seen whether the American public feels an affinity for anything so different compared to our European counterparts.
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Look pretty darn good for my age yea?
I have this tradition where I dress up like a clown for my birthday. Clown is a bit of an obsession of mine. This is something you will see more and more and more of in the future
Can't wait for the members area of my website to be published and share my clown photo-sets :P
Anyways... HAPPY BIRTHDAY ME!
I would consider it an awesome birthday present if you would subscribe to my YouTube channel, thumbs up my new video and leave a lovely comment :P
Would make my day :)
Also if you could wish on a star that I become a millionaire over night... that would be great too!
Later today my roomie Elara is throwing me a "surprise" birthday party. hahaha! She's the cutest thing ever... she told me about it because she wanted to make sure I wasn't going to get mad and to see if I would want one.
I've been teasing her about it for days
"Why would you spoil it?"
"I would have been so stoked if you didn't tell me"
I'm just about as bad at surprising people as she is though :P
She often reminds me of myself and it makes me feel warm and fuzzy
I get super excited to surprise people and spoil everything
My friends have been so wonderful to me.
I have 4 texts on my phone right now that I got all at midnight!
Pretty much right when the hands struck 12 o'clock
Had some great car sex with a very good friend the other day too ;)
Also, a bundle of MFC tips from some of the most amazing lovers on the net
Days like today I feel so lucky to have the people in my life that I do
So... I guess I should rest up for tomorrow
I'm going to have to have a lot of energy to act surprised...
Especially considering everyone knows I already know...
Serious convincing I have to do
Tough Day!
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Hannibal Arts Council's Holly Jolly Workshop December 1
Children age 5 to 12 will have a jolly time creating holiday gifts at the Hannibal Arts Council's popular annual event Holly Jolly Hands-On Holiday Workshop to be held on Saturday, December 1. Two session options will be offered this year to accommodate busy schedules and an increased number of participants. Participants may choose to attend either a two-hour workshop beginning at Noon or one beginning at 3:00 p.m.
Projects to be created include "Jingle All the Way" Frame, Happy Holiday Gingerbread House, Bottle Cap Snowman Ornament, Christmas Card Creativity Station and Melted Snowman Cookies. The Holly Jolly Hands-On Holiday Workshop is the perfect opportunity for parents and/or grandparents and children to work together to create projects while also discovering the art of giving.
The cost for the program is $10 per child for the general public and $5 per child for HAC members. Registration is required. To register, contact the Hannibal Arts Council at 573-221-6545 or email@example.com.


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WEYMOUTH – The head of a SouthField residents' association is accusing the project's overseer of deliberately skirting the state Open Meeting Law when it voted to set aside money to pay employees back for unused time off and unemployment benefits if they lose their jobs as part of a shakeup of the agency.
Meanwhile, the executive director of the embattled South Shore Tri-Town Development Corp. said the agency has done nothing wrong and dismissed the complaint as "political theater" at a time the future of Tri-Town and the project is in flux.
SouthField is the stalled massive residential and commercial development planned for the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station in Weymouth, Abington and Rockland.
Eric Miller, president of the SouthField Neighborhood Association, said Tri-Town broke the law when it didn't list a proposal to set aside $210,888 for sick time and vacation buyback and unemployment for Tri-Town employees on an agenda posted online for its June 30 board of directors meeting.
Legislation filed this week on Beacon Hill would strip Tri-Town of much of its authority, shake up its leadership and shift tax revenue and responsibility for public services to the towns.
"The Tri-Town executives see the writing on the wall and they know they won't have jobs much longer," Miller said Wednesday.
The neighborhood association is backing the overhaul, which was proposed by the project's master developer Starwood Land Ventures. It has also been endorsed provisionally by the Weymouth mayor and most town councilors, as well as the Rockland Board of Selectmen. Abington selectmen voted Tuesday to start talks with Starwood.
Tri-Town opposes the legislation, which has until the end of the month to make it through the Legislature before the end of its formal session.
Kevin Donovan, the agency's executive director, said there was no violation of the law, and that Tri-Town is legally required to cover employees' benefits if they lose their jobs.
"This is nothing more than an effort to keep pouring gasoline on this fire. I wish people would stick to the facts and not try to throw gasoline where it doesn't belong," Donovan said. "All we were doing was trying to be fiscally prudent."
Miller sent the complaint to Tri-Town on Tuesday. Donovan received it and responded in writing Wednesday, denying any violation of the law. Miller said he will pursue the complaint with the state attorney general's office.
The Open Meeting Law requires meeting notices to be posted at least 48 hours ahead of a meeting of a public body, including a list of topics expected to be discussed. If additional topics come up between the posting and the meeting, public boards are encouraged to make an updated agenda available before the meeting, but it's not required, according to a summary of the law on the state attorney general's office website.
Donovan said the agenda was amended a few days before the meeting and copies were made available at the meeting.
But Miller said he believes the board should have re-posted the agenda.
Miller's complaint also alleges that board members discussed a motion made during the meeting to fire Starwood as master developer before the meeting in violation of the law, which requires deliberations happen in public. The board voted 4-1 in favor of firing Starwood after John Ward, a representative of Rockland, offered it as an amendment to another motion.
Donovan said he had no knowledge of board members discussing the proposal beforehand.
The complaint asks that the motion to set aside the $210,888 be voided and that Tri-Town issue a statement saying it erred by voting to fire Starwood.
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WEYMOUTH – The head of a SouthField residents' association is accusing the project's overseer of deliberately skirting the state Open Meeting Law when it voted to set aside money to pay employees back for unused time off and unemployment benefits if they lose their jobs as part of a shakeup of the agency.


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Each lesson or activity in this toolkit is related to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The toolkit is designed so that each lesson can be done independently, or combined and taught in a sequence. The Teacher Implementation Guide provides... (View More) recommendations for combining the lessons into three main strands: 1) Lunar Exploration - These lessons provide a basic introduction to Moon exploration. Note that this strand is also appropriate for use in social studies classes. 2) Mapping the Moon - These lessons provide a more in-depth understanding of Moon exploration through the use of scientific data and student inquiry. The lessons also include many connections to Earth science and geology. 3) Tools of Investigation - These higher-level lessons examine the role of technology, engineering and physics in collecting and analyzing data. (View Less)
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This is a lesson about the solar wind, Earth's magnetosphere, and the Moon. Participants will work in groups of two or three to build a model of the Sun-Earth-Moon system. They will use the model to demonstrate that the Earth is protected from... (View More) particles streaming out of the Sun, called the solar wind, by a magnetic shield called the magnetosphere, and that the Moon is periodically protected from these particles as it moves in its orbit around the Earth. Participants will also learn that the NASA ARTEMIS mission is a pair of satellites orbiting the Moon that measure the intensity of solar particles streaming from the Sun. (View Less)
This module focuses on ultraviolet radiation on Earth and in space and how it affects life. Learners will construct their own "martian" using craft materials and UV beads. They will explore how UV radiation from the Sun can affect living things,... (View More) comparing conditions on Earth and Mars, and then discuss ways in which organisms may protect themselves from UV radiation. They will then take part in a Mars Creature Challenge, where they will change their creature to help it survive harsh UV conditions — like on Mars. They will then test their Mars creatures by subjecting them to different environmental conditions to see how well they "survive" in a martian environment. This investigation will explore shelter and protection as one of life's requirements and how Earth's atmosphere protects life from harmful UV radiation. It also includes specific tips for effectively engaging girls in STEM. This is activity 5 in Explore: Life on Mars? that was developed specifically for use in libraries. (View Less)
This lesson includes a demonstration to show why the sky is blue and why sunsets and sunrises are orange. Learners will use scientific practices to investigate answers to questions involving the color of the sky, sunsets, the Sun, and oceans.... (View More) Requires a clear acrylic or glass container to hold water, a strong flashlight, and powdered creamer or milk. (View Less)
Participants will use scientific practices to investigate answers to questions involving the color of the sky, sunsets, the Sun, and oceans. This activity requires use of a clear acrylic or glass container to hold water, a strong flashlight,... (View More) batteries for the flashlight, and powdered creamer or milk. (View Less)
This is a collection of outreach resources about the Sun that are meant to be used in informal education settings. This toolkit was originally designed for NASA Night Sky Network member clubs and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's Astronomy... (View More) from the Ground Up network of museum and science center educators. The toolkit includes background information about the Sun, magnetic fields of the Earth and Sun, and space weather, activity suggestions, and detailed activity scripts. The themes of this toolkit address both the constant nature of the Sun as a reliable source of energy and the dynamic nature of the Sun due to its changing magnetic fields. The activities and related materials in this collection include The Sun in a Different Light - Observing the Sun, Explore the Sun cards, Magnetic Connection, the Space Weather PowerPoint, Protection from Ultraviolet, and Where Does the Energy Come From cards. These activities can be done separately or as a group as part of an informal education event. Institutions that are not part of the Night Sky Network will need to acquire the various materials required for each activity. (View Less)
The 9-session NASA Family Science Night program emables middle school children and their families to discover the wide variety of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics being performed at NASA and in everyday life. Family Science Night... (View More) programs explore various themes on the Sun, the Moon, the Stars, and the Universe through fun, hands-on activities, including at-home experiments. Instructions for obtaining the facilitator's guide are available on the Family Science Night site. (View Less)
In this lesson, students measure the size of several galaxies to reproduce a plot of Hubble's Law. The goal of this lesson is to give students the chance to simulate the process that led to the notion that the universe is expanding, provide insight... (View More) into how this idea was reached, and inform students about the nature of our universe.Includes an extension activity, "Hubble's Law Mis-calibration." This lesson is part of the Cosmic Times teacher's guide and is intended to be used in conjunction with the 1929 Cosmic Times Poster. (View Less)
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This is a lesson about the formation of glaciers, ice layering and stratigraphy, and the cryosphere and cryobotics. Learners will collect evidence of layering, explore the science story that layering tells, study snow and ice for insights into... (View More) climate change, and learn about the tools used to explore ice layers on Earth and in the solar system. Connections between rings of a tree and rings in an ice core will be made. Activities include small group miming, speaking, drawing, and/or writing. This is lesson 7 of 12 in the unit, Exploring Ice in the Solar System. (View Less)
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This is a lesson about the characteristics of ice as a mineral and how it compares to other minerals with respect to hardness. Learners will observe ice crystals, develop a hardness scale and position ice on it. Learners will also practice working... (View More) collaboratively in a team. Activities include small group miming, speaking, drawing, and/or writing. This is lesson 3 of 12 in the unit, Exploring Ice in the Solar System. (View Less)
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The New York Power Authority Trustees have approved more than $2.3 million in grants to four Western New York enterprises working to promote tourism, the distribution of locally grown food, and job training and housing services in Western New York.
The largest award, $1.75 million, will go to help finance the first phase of a multi-phase renovation and expansion of the Niagara Falls Aquarium, which has been a part of the Niagara Falls community since 1965. A comprehensive master plan, to redesign and renovate the facility, envisions developing a state-of-the-art showcase of marine life for tourists and locals alike, beginning with a new exhibit to house the aquarium's colony of Humboldt penguins.
Other Western New York entities awarded grants on Sept. 24 were the Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission Inc., based in Buffalo, that works to raise public and private funds for the restoration of cultural institutions in East Buffalo that together represent the most important center of African-American history in Western New York; Field and Fork Network, Williamsville, which is dedicated to establishing a food hub in Western New York to help local agricultural businesses capitalize on local market sales opportunities; and Global Outreach Mission Inc., an organization that aims to provide job training and housing rehabilitation services for residents of the City of Niagara Falls. The entities are slated to get $250,000, $166,912, and $154,500, respectively.
"The Western New York power proceeds awards represent a creative use of New York state's power resources to foster entrepreneurship in Western New York, and I applaud Gov. Cuomo for this ambitious effort in identifying, financing and nurturing the kinds of businesses we need to help make our economy grow," said John R. Koelmel, NYPA chairman and an East Amherst resident. "By choosing wisely, we are confident that the awards will prove to be a powerful catalyst for creating jobs and luring capital investment to our region."
"The Power Authority is pleased to work closely with Empire State Development and the Western New York Regional Economic Council in this visionary economic development process," said Gil C. Quiniones, NYPA president and CEO. "Utilizing NYPA's unused power for economic development in Western New York is another example of Gov. Cuomo's determination to invigorate the area's economy by investing in its strengths."
The latest awards represent the third round of grants provided for under legislation signed into law last year by Cuomo that allow the net earnings from unutilized power from NYPA's Niagara Hydroelectric Power Plant to be used for economic development in Western New York. The awards were made at a meeting of NYPA's board of trustees following recommendations from the Western New York Power Proceeds Allocation Board.
Of the eight recommendations for grants announced following the WNYPPAB's Sept. 10 meeting, four were submitted to the NYPA trustees. It is anticipated the remaining four grant recommendations will be submitted at a later date, pending completion of required state environmental reviews.
The Western New York Power Proceeds Act authorized NYPA to deposit the net earnings from the market sale of unutilized electricity from two hydropower programs - expansion power and replacement power - into an established Western New York Economic Development Fund. The fund has accrued nearly $25.9 million through Aug. 31. Nearly $10 million from that amount, including the awards announced today, has been approved by NYPA's trustees on the basis of recommendations by the WNYPPAB.
The WNYPPAB recommended the latest organizations for funding grants in accordance with statutory provisions requiring that eligible projects be within a 30-mile radius of NYPA's Niagara plant and that the proposed initiatives support the growth of businesses and lead to the creation or protection of jobs. The WNYPPAB also considers the extent to which proposed awards would be consistent with Regional Economic Development Council strategies and priorities, including the development of tourism, food processing opportunities, workforce development and advanced manufacturing.
Field and Fork Network will use its $166,912 grant to finance a market analysis, feasibility study and business plan - the first and most fundamental step for creating a food hub in the area.
The $154,500 grant for Global Outreach Mission aims to improve the match between education and training and jobs in the region and help reduce unemployment in the City of Niagara Falls. In cooperation with Orleans-Niagara BOCES, Global Outreach will provide a free, 400-hour job-training program in construction skills necessary to rehabilitate abandoned homes in the area and turn them into affordable housing. The grant will allow the organization to purchase tools, hire additional teachers and triple the annual number of students served. The grant will support the creation of 67 jobs.
The Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission will use its $250,000 grant to hire a director to oversee improvements to properties along this historic corridor, including the Michigan Street Baptist Church, the Colored Musicians Club and the Langston Hughes Institute.
NYPA contracts with the grant recipients will include provisions for periodic audits to ensure the funds are used for the stated economic development purposes.
Of the 695 megawatts of power from the Niagara Plant that is provided for under state law for the EP and RP programs, 601 MW are now being utilized by more than 100 major Western New York businesses in support of tens of thousands of jobs in the region. The remaining 94 MW are currently not utilized by the region's businesses, providing the source of the market-sale net earnings being deposited by NYPA into the Western New York Economic Development Fund.
"This is a great reinvestment of Western New York's natural resources back into Western New York's economy," said Congressman Brian Higgins. "The allocations for the Aquarium and Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor, in particular, support and improve cultural tourism efforts in Niagara Falls and Buffalo, while the others will contribute to job and business growth."
"The Aquarium of Niagara has brought hundreds of thousands of visitors to Niagara Falls over the years, and the awarding of power proceeds allocation funding will go a long way of bringing in even more," said State Sen. George D. Maziarz, chairman of the Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee. "The expanded exhibits that the Aquarium will now be able to offer visitors will help attract even more tourism to Niagara Falls. I am also pleased that other organizations and businesses were awarded funding, which will help the WNY community, particularly the award to Global Outreach Mission, which is based in Niagara County. I thank Gov. Cuomo, NYPA and the Power Proceeds Allocation Board for their continued support of this program."
"Production of food and agriculture plays a vital part in Western New York's economy. This economic grant award will plant the seeds for Field and Fork Network to connect our agri-business industries to new market opportunities so that jobs and our economy can flourish," said State Sen. Michael Ranzenhofer.
"Our first priority in our region is to promote job creation through the promotion of entrepreneurship," said Assemblyman John D. Ceretto. "Gov. Cuomo has been a great supporter of our area's development, and I look forward to continuing my work with him to return the Niagara Region to its former glory."
"The money that has been allocated to these projects will go a long way to making Western New York competitive again," said Assemblyman Ray Walter. "The Field and Fork Network investment lays the foundation to not only strengthen the local economy, but also create a truly innovative entrepreneurial farming program that would go a long way to providing residents with locally grown food alternatives."


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Head pain is associated with all headaches, but different types of headache have specific symptoms.
Tension Headache
Tension headache symptoms usually start slowly and build. They include:
- Constant, steady pain and pressure
- Dull and achy pain
- Pain usually felt on both sides of the head, in the forehead, temples, and the back of the head
- Pressure may feel like a tight band around the head
- Intensity that ranges from mild to severe and can vary during the day
- Tightness in head and neck muscles
- Difficulty concentrating
Migraine Headache
Migraines occur in phases that may include the following:
A warning in the hours or days before the headache, in some cases, that may include:
- A change in mood
- Fatigue
- Tense muscles
- Yawning
- Food craving
An aura that lasts about 15-60 minutes and may produce the following sensations:
- Flashing lights or spots
- Temporary, partial loss of vision
- Speech difficulties
- Weakness in an arm or leg
- Numbness or tingling first that begins in the hands and spreads to the arms and finally to the face and mouth, including the lips and tongue
- Restlessness
- Confusion
Migraine pain that starts within an hour of the aura ending:
- A headache, usually on one side but may involve both sides
- Typically, the headache feels intense, throbbing, or pulsating and is more severe with movement
- Nausea or vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Sensitivity to light or sound
- Sore or achy muscles
- Lightheadedness
A post-headache period that usually lasts for 4-72 hours and often goes away with sleep. After the headache, you may experience:
- Trouble concentrating
- Fatigue
Cluster Headache
Cluster headache involves stabbing, penetrating, burning, or explosive head pain that:
- Is on one side of the head
- Often starts around the eye and spreads to the same side of the head
- Can occur daily or almost every day for 4-8 weeks
- Can occur 1-8 times per day
- Often occurs at about the same time each day
- Increases in intensity over time
- May start within 2 hours of going to sleep
- Can awaken you from sleep
- May last up to 3 hours
- May be accompanied by restlessness and agitation
During the headache other symptoms may occur on the affected side, including:
- Stuffy or runny nose
- Redness or watering of the eye
- Droopy eyelid
- Constriction of the pupil of the eye
- Facial swelling
Sinus Headache
Sinus headache symptoms include:
- Pain and tenderness behind the forehead and cheeks and around the eyes
- Pain in the back of the neck or upper teeth
- Pain ranging from mild to severe
- Pain that is more intense first thing in the morning
- Pain that may worsen when you bend over
Headache occurring with other symptoms of sinusitis, including:
- Nasal stuffiness and congestion
- Thick nasal drainage
- Post-nasal drip
- Fever
- Fatigue
- Stuffy ears
- Sore throat
- Cough
- Puffiness around the eyes
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Rimas Lukas, MD
- Review Date: 10/2017 -
- Update Date: 12/20/2014 -


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Columbus, Ohio (October 14, 2010) – The Ohio State University and Ohio Supercomputer Center have received a four-year, $1.675 million federal grant to develop a computer tool that researchers, government leaders and the public can use to study and understand changes in energy-related technology, policy and pricing.
With the ASR, researchers can produce a series of images that map a variety of weather measurements. Each of the map sets below display evening and morning measurements for Sept. 12-13.
Columbus, Ohio (August 23, 2010) –The Ohio Supercomputer Center has received a $300,000 federal grant to work with a ceramics manufacturer and university experts to apply advanced modeling and simulation to the company's operations as a way to boost its competitive advantage.
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Climate Neutrality
Santa Clara University is a Charter Signatory of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. We first developed a Climate Neutrality Action Plan in 2010, and have a goal to achieve Climate Neutrality by 2020.
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Our campus addresses the human needs of our community, including diversity, employee wellness, developing frugal innovation, ministry, community action, and connection to the outdoors.
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The University values the deeply complex history of the land and aims to preserve and share the campus' diverse and cultural heritage.
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The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) is a transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to measure their sustainability performance. View SCU's latest Gold rating report here.
Sustainability Policy
As a Jesuit and Catholic University, SCU embraces sustainability through environmental stewardship, education, and service which furthers its mission to act as a voice of reason, conscience, and service to society.


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War, war, never changes... Great news about Masters army defeated and mutants base destruction reach far north. People rise up in arms to fight and finally burn out the evil and all freaks from their land. Well, that was almost 30 years ago and nowadays nobody remembers slaughter of those warriors. Without helpfrom Brotherhood they were mostly killed or imprisoned by mutant armies. Life goes on... Now new evil appears. Endangered ghouls decided to build up their own army that leaded by unknown leader would set a new order, new world where humans will become ghoul's slaves. People do not remain passive. Besides the Brotherhood of Steel new organization arise: Soldiers of Hope.
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The Trooper is a full tower case that will take XL-ATX, ATX and mini-ATX motherboards. It packs plenty of space and brings a few innovative features as well. There are no toolless mechanisms on expansion slots or 5.25'', but we prefer screws anyway and since all the screws are thumb screws, mounting equipment is a piece of cake.
While most well designed cases boast a removable HDD cage, the Trooper went a step further. Namely, the case has two 4-in-3 HDD cages where each can hold four 3.5'' or 2.5'' drives. The cages can be removed or rotated. The picture above shows the HDD cage in two different positions.
Both HDD cages come with 12cm fans. Both cages face the left side panel by default. However, you can improve cooling by turning the HDD cage to face the front panel, in order to take in fresh air.
The HDD cage fans come with red LED lamps that can be turned off via the control panel.
One HDD cage can be replaced with three 5.25'' devices, meaning that the Trooper will take nine 5.25'' drives.
We said that the HDD cage will take a total of eight 3.5'' drives but the converter allows for an extra 3.5'' spot in one of the 5.25'' bays.
The metal plates that keep the HDD cages in place come with rubber anti-vibration grommets. The drive brackets also suppress vibration via rubber grommets.
CM Storm constructed new drive brackets that are very flexible in the middle, making mounting a breeze. Once the drive is placed inside, the brackets are quite tough. The rubber grommets are fixed inside so they won't be falling out during mounting.
Cooler Master made sure that each metal part is clearly marked for users to know how to turn the parts before mounting.
Mounting CPU coolers on an already mounted motherboard in the Trooper is a piece of cake thanks to the large cutout we wanted to see for a while now. Namely, the motherboard tray is made of thick metal so the large cutout will not affect rigidity of the tray.
The cable management holes are wide enough and large, whereas additional notches on the back of the motherboard tray are definitely a welcome feature. Although many cases had problems with rubber parts on cable holes falling out, Cooler Master used its old trick of securing them with metal latches.
The cables from the front panel have two USB 3.0 connectors among them, although they're only for connecting to Intel's internal USB 3.0 header. There are no additional converters for connecting the ports to USB 3.0 connectors on motherboard I/O panels.
There is about 2cm of room beneath the right side panel, so you won't lack room for cable management in the back.
The bottom panel has a small 2.5'' drive cage that can hold four drives. This cage can be removed and replaced with two 12cm fans.
The Trooper easily managed EVGA's X58 4-way SLI (XL-ATX) motherboard, HD 6970 graphics and Thermalright's HR-02 CPU cooler. The maximum allowed graphics card length (without taking the HDD cage out) cards is 322mm. As for CPU coolers, the Trooper will allow for coolers up to 186mm tall. The fans are quite loud when running at maximum rpm but can be made quieter. Naturally, we did not expect complete silence from a gaming case with plenty of inlets/outlets as it's the cooling performance that matters.


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Walking tours of the University of Missouri are hosted by members of the Mizzou Tour Team. These guides are undergraduate students from all over the state of Missouri and throughout the country, representing large cities and small towns. It takes approximately one and a half hours to visit the main areas of campus. In most cases of inclement weather, tour guides provide umbrellas and proceed as scheduled or offer a slide show presentation of campus.
Prospective students and their families
Our campus visit generally consists of a 45-minute group Mizzou Overview presentation, with information about costs, scholarships, living options and campus resources, and a 60-minute walking tour of campus. Schedule a visit.
General public
Tours are arranged on an individual basis Monday through Friday. To schedule a campus tour, please contact the Office of Visitor Relations by calling toll-free 1-800-856-2181 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Tours for faculty applicants
MU departments may request a tour for faculty position applicants by submitting a department tour request form.
Field trips
Field trip tours are tailored based on the age and interests of each group. Typically visitors will take a tour of campus and visit museums and other exhibits (depending on age group). Advanced notice is required for the Office of Visitor Relations to plan your visit.
- Kindergarten–7th grade groups: Please complete the field trip request form or contact Visitor Relations at 573-882-6333, toll-free at 1-800-856-2181 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
- 8th grade and up: Please complete the group visit request form or contact the Office of Admissions at 573-882-2456.


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Sept. 16, 2006
Lipscomb's Lady Bisons lost 3-0 in matches with San Diego State and the University of Pennsylvania to close out the Holiday Inn Buena Park Fullerton Classic Sautrday.
The match scores against San Diego State were 30-20, 30-16 and 30-25.
Jessica Turner made 11 kills to lead the Lady Bisons. Lindsey Rutherford led with 15 digs. San Diego State raised its record to 6-6.
In the final match with Penn the Lady Bisons lost 30-18, 30-27 and 30-23.
Ashley Cox was the only Lady Bison in double figures in kills with 10.
Ann Mullins posted a match-high 17 digs. Jessica Turner finished with 16. Turner also had a pair of service aces.Alex Scruggs blocked two shots.
Turner was named to the All-Tournament Team.
The Lady Bisons are 3-10. Penn is 1-5.


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February 25, 2009
JACKSON -- Cloyd Garth couldn''t believe what he was seeing.
The Aberdeen High School girls basketball coach has grown accustomed to watching his team create havoc and play with boundless energy.
The team he saw Tuesday night forced him to stop and stare.
Whether it was with hi hands on his hips and his head cocked slightly to the side or with his arms folded in front of his chest, Garth watched the Lady Bulldogs imitate the team he had seen win so many games this season.
Dayana McGee helped make sure Garth''s final pose was one of relief.
McGee made a layup with 2 minutes, 12 seconds remaining to give Aberdeen the lead for good and it held on for a 56-53 victory against South Pike in the Class 3A Mississippi High School Activities Association Cellular South State Basketball Championships at Mississippi Coliseum.
The victory was the first for the Lady Bulldogs (28-7) at the state tournament and sets up a matchup against Raymond at 8 p.m. Monday. Raymond has eliminated Aberdeen from the tournament the past two seasons.
Garth admitted his team might have been looking ahead to that game. But he still was left at a loss to explain his team''s lack of energy, porous defense, and poor free throw shooting.
"It was weird and very disappointing because I know the capacity these kids have and we were not playing anywhere near Lady Bulldogs'' basketball," Garth said.
For those who have not had the pleasure of seeing Aberdeen at its best, the Lady Bulldogs use a high-energy, full-court defensive approach to force turnovers and to create easy offense.
It''s customary for Aberdeen to cause 30 or 40 turnovers against teams, and the result usually is a high-scoring game that leads to a victory.
Aberdeen was stuck in neutral nearly the entire game..
Garth said he could sense his team''s lack of energy from the beginning.
"It was frightening," said Garth, who ditched his jacket and removed his tie in attempt to motivate his players. "I told the kids in the dressing room after the game that I have never seen this group of kids play with this low energy. This is the worst I have seen them play all year, and I told them you''re picking the wrong time to play (like that).
"The girls are highly disappointed in themselves. They understand we didn''t play and that we were lucky to get out of here with a win. I think the next time you will see them play they will be the energized Bulldogs."
Hoskins'' spark on the offensive end gave the Lady Bulldogs just enough to pull it out. The junior guard/forward attacked the basket from every angle to score a game-high 28 points.
"We just talked on the court," Hoskins said. "My teammates will always encourage me and say to me, ''C''mon ''Meika, it is your time,'' and I encourage others. We had a bad night at the free throw line."
Hoskins was 4 of 9 from the free throw line as Aberdeen was 14 of 34 (41 percent). Garth said the Lady Bulldogs have struggled with their free throws all season, but he never imagined things could get that bad.
Aberdeen made 4 of 10 free throws in the final 1:30 to keep South Pike in contention. Raven Ashley hit 1 of 2 free throws for the Lady Eagles (who were 8 of 20 from the free-throw line) to cut the deficit to 55-53 with 15.7 seconds to play.
Regina Barker made one free throw with 12.2 seconds remaining to extend the lead to three, but KeeDarrylon Gallagher''s 3-pointer was short to help the Lady Bulldogs advance.
McGee''s basket that gave Aberdeen the lead also came on a drive off a pass from Sheraine Davis (two points, seven rebounds). But plays like that came only in flashes. The Lady Bulldogs were careless with the basketball (28 turnovers) and played a defense that allowed the Lady Eagles to do whatever they wanted.
South Pike outrebounded Aberdeen 47-34 and had 18 offensive rebounds it converted into 14 second-chance points.
"We''re going to have to play defense, hustle, and move our feet like when we play like we usually play," McGee said. "We just played lazy. We didn''t move our feet enough, we didn''t clamp down on the big girl enough, we didn''t box out a lot. The second-chance shots kept them in the game."
Still, for all of the things Aberdeen didn''t do, it did enough to survive and advance, which is the most important thing this time of the season.
Hoskins said the team will rebound from its performance and will be ready to take on Raymond.
McGee (13 points, seven rebounds, three steals) agreed and said it means a lot for this team to win the program''s first game at the state tournament. She, too, is looking forward to another chance to beat Raymond.
"Now we get to play them again Monday and, hopefully, we can pull it out and get to the championship, which is one of our goals," McGee said.
When it came time for postgame interviews, Garth was back fully dressed. His tie was knotted and his shirt was buttoned to the top. The sharp pains he felt on his side from a recent surgery had subsided and he could reflect about what his team accomplished on what otherwise was an evening to forget.
"We just went to sleep defensively," Garth said. "We have played a lot of teams that are quicker, stronger, and better shooters (than South Pike). From a matchup perspective, this team could not match up with us, but yet we were struggling.
"The girls looked past this team, and that''s what we tried to guard against all week. It was like, ''Whew, thank God we survived,'' The first thing I said to the other coaches is I am mad enough to eat bricks. The good thing about it was if I walked into the dress room and the girls were celebrating (they weren''t), it would have really disappointed me because I know they understood that they didn''t play."
Adam Minichino is the Sports Editor for The Commercial Dispatch.
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TYSON'S CORNER, VA – A man has been creatively punished by his wife for cheating on her, by confessing in public!
Earlier this week, drivers using one of the busiest intersections in the D.C. metropolitan area spotted a man standing by the road. Despite being in the hot August sun, he calmly stood in place while wearing a massive sign that read, "I CHEATED THIS IS MY PUNISHMENT".
That man is William Taylor, who not only cheated on his wife but left incriminating evidence on his cell phone. After finding it, his wife decided he had to be suitably shamed before she could forgive him. So every morning this week, during the busy rush hour commute, Taylor has been standing sandwich board for all to see.
In an interview, Taylor said, "I thought she was kidding, but she was serious. I figured I got to do what I got to do to makes things right. So here I am."
Today is his last day. His wife will text him when he is allowed to go home.


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INSPECTION PROCEDURE: Inspect the Wiper Fuse. Verify there is power and ground to the Wiper Motor on all speeds (including "Intermittent" or "Mist" if applicable). After verifying power and ground to the Wiper Motor, follow the procedure below to prevent unnecessary Wiper Motor replacement because of a temporary open in the Wiper Motor Circuit Breaker. 1) Disconnect the Wiper Motor Harness Connector. 2) Wait (10) minutes before checking continuity. 3) Check the continuity of the motor with an ohmmeter. REPRESENTATIVE CHECKING PROCEDURE: NOTE: Continuity check can be performed between either the low speed or high speed terminal and the ground terminal of the wiper motor. The standard resistance of a good wiper motor is approximately 1.5 to 4.5 ohm


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Kuala Lampur: A Malaysian university faced public criticism for awarding an honorary doctorate in economics to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, whose country is among the poorest in the world.
The privately run HELP University said a "simple ceremony" to mark the conferment was held in early October at the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. The North Korean ambassador to Malaysia accepted the honor on Kim's behalf.
The event initially received little attention in this Southeast Asian nation but was reported briefly by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. It attracted criticism on social networks in Malaysia this week after the U.S.-based Foreign Policy magazine posted a blog article that expressed surprise about the decision.
The university's president, Paul Chan, said in a statement released this week that the decision was about "building a bridge to reach the people" by using "a soft constructive approach" to engage with North Korea.
"To help (North Korea) in the way we do it is a road untraveled, but we hope our first small crucial step will contribute to peace and prosperity for all," Chan wrote.
KCNA quoted the university president as saying that Kim "makes untiring efforts for the education of the country and the well-being of its people."
North Korea suffers chronic food and power shortages and has not released economic data for decades. South Korea's central bank estimates the North's gross national income, an indicator of the average standard of living, was $1,250 per person in 2011 compared with $23,400 in South Korea.
While Pyongyang has shown new signs of trying to reform its economy in recent years, it has also continued to maintain state control. It says it considers economic development to be a top priority, but on an equal level with its nuclear weapons program, which has brought on years of international sanctions and isolation.
Chan's office said he was not available for further comments Thursday and that other university representatives could not speak about the reaction to the decision.
Many Malaysians who wrote on the university's Facebook page and shared information about the decision criticized it. Nick Lim said it was an "insult to the academia," while Daniel Wong wrote that he was "ashamed to have graduated from this institution."
HELP University, established in 1986, is well-known in Malaysia for business and psychology studies. The initials stand for Higher Education Learning Philosophy.
Chan's statement said the North Korean leader, who took power following the December 2011 death of his father, "has accepted" the conferment of the doctorate.


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Posted 22 October 2013 - 09:22 AM
Yes it is. It blew me away when I first learned of it and made a permanent impression in my mind. That is when, for me, I realized that an attacker who is armed with only a knife is not "out gunned" so to speak.
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Posted 23 October 2013 - 06:24 AM
I think "thingie" is the proper terminology. "Thingy" is also acceptable.
I think Drylok and I both used the extremely technical and exact phrase, "21 foot thing."
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Posted 25 October 2013 - 09:24 AM
the handbook's that are made to go with C.L.I.C., do they follow the powerpoint? any review's? was wondering if want to get them for upcoming class?
Posted 08 November 2013 - 05:07 PM
I have 10 items listed when I open, or "look" at my CLIC CD. Just picking up on a few comments here and there on the forums makes me wonder if I have a complete CD?
Can someone else list there contents that they have on their CD?
Many thanks,
Can someone else list there contents that they have on their CD?
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On our way home from school yesterday I asked JD how his day was and he let out a giant sigh. Yikes!
"What's wrong, Chicken Little?" I asked, looking at him through the rearview mirror.
"*John told me my drawing was a 'scribble scrabble mess,' because I colored out of the lines."
My stomach felt like the rollercoaster just dropped. GRRRRRR.
"I'm going to tell you a story, so listen closely," I said to my son.
"OK," he said.
Here goes: When I was your age I went to school at a place called Our Lady of the Valley (a Catholic school) and my teacher's name was Miss Mary. Just like you, I had circle time, music class, recess, writing and reading—and we did lots of art, too. One day, Miss Mary gave the whole class a picture of Jesus to color. Just like you, I loved to color—and still do. On that day, I decided to color Jesus' face grass green.
"Green!" JD said.
"Yes! Now listen," I said.
*Tina, the little girl sitting next to me, looked at my picture, scrunched up her nose and said, "Jesus does not have a green face! Why did you color his face green?" It made me feel very bad and just like you told me what happened with *John, I told Mema what happened with *Tina. She told me to "shrug it off!" But ya know what, I don't think I ever shrugged it off. And that's because I'm a creative person. When Mommy goes to work she writes and coordinates photo shoots. I think coloring Jesus' face green was cool—when we get home we'll paint! I think your scribble scrabble mess isn't a mess at all—it's a masterpiece. We are artists, kiddo! Color, paint, sculpt, build, write anyway you like! Don't worry what other people think. And here's something I want you to always remember, in life, in your whole big, full life, there is no way you will stay in the lines. And that is a very beautiful thing. Life is supposed to be colorful and sloppy.
I am printing this blog out and tucking into JD's suitcase when he leaves for college in 14 years. Sob.
Look at this awesome pic JD drew before we left for Hawaii. He's amazing!
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Full disclosure: My preschool story is true. I remember the girl's name. *Names changed to protect the critics.