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Name: Alex Hatch
Age: 64
City: San Francisco
Your Branch: Sunset
Website: http://www.cracksintheasphalt.com
Your Program at the Library: Events at Sunset Branch (March 9, 2009), Excelsior Branch (April 15, 2009) and Main Library (April 1, 2009) for my book Cracks in the Asphalt: The Community Gardens of San Francisco
Favorite Movie: Robert Altman's McCabe and Mrs. Miller, a story about transition What is your green philosophy? To share, only buy what we need, buy locally, avoid chain stores, drive less, be kind to the land. Is it easy being green? Being green is not difficult but it is inconvenient at times. It is necessary to think about trying not to make waste and when you are trying to live with a little less, rather than it being easier, it is more difficult and time consuming.
What do you renew, recycle, reuse?
I recycle the usual food scrapes, paper and cans and glass but also clothing which goes to the thrift store. We try not to buy new things preferring to buy reconditioned goods instead.
What motivates you to be green? Waste
What one thing would you encourage others to do to help the planet? Sharing is a wonderful way to spread the wealth. Getting together with friends to swap useful objects helps to slow the over production of goods.
Was there a key moment when you knew you had to become involved in environmental activities? The 70's saw a big jump in the price of meat. It was at that time the food conspiracies were organized in San Francisco. It was then that a change in consciousness resulted in the ultimate establishment of cooperative food stores. The Community garden movement began to gain in popularity, also.
What is the most important issue facing the planet? Corporate Greed. Specifically, the control of seed production. It is a crime that it is unlawful for a poor farmer to save seeds for use the following year. Yet that is the situation farmers find themselves facing all over the world.
What local green resources (stores, organizations) do you support? Other Avenues Cooperative Food Store, Terra Firma CSA, San Francisco Ecology Center, Global Exchange.
What is your perfect meal? Anything Mediterranean
Favorite plant or tree? Oaks and olives
Favorite animal? Cats
Where is your favorite place? That's a secret.


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My mom: For teaching me to sew at a fairly young age — 10 or so — and giving me my first sewing machine when I was in college. I also want to thank her for all the fabric and sewing notions I've "borrowed" over the years, and more that I'll borrow this week when I see her for Thanksgiving. She also taught me the basics of vegetable gardening.
My dad: For teaching me how to use and respect power tools. While my tool collection pales in comparison to his, I learned the basics of working with wood and building things from my father. He also built me an incredible fort when I was younger (rope ladder and all), and I probably didn't ever thank him for that. Thanks!
My grandmother and my great-aunt: These ladies knew how to work a needle — whether it was sewing, knitting or crocheting (technically, crocheting uses a hook, not a needle, but who really cares?). Though they both have passed, I have dozens of hand-embroidered pillowcases, vintage buttons, knit and crocheted granny squares and various other notions that were passed down to me. I can look at those things any time and remember that crafting runs in my blood.
Hobby Lobby: For having a 40 percent off coupon every week. I spend way too much time and money than I should at that store, so the coupon can really come in handy.
Downing's General Store: Robert and Louis Downing don't seem to get too frustrated when my kids pull all the trim off its spool or chase the dog around the store. They always have tons of helpful advice, whether I'm looking for fabric or seeds or just browsing. They also humored me last week and let me buy a huge basket of zippers — there were hundreds of them. It's just more fuel for my crafting addiction.
Stitches from the Heart: This is a sewing Facebook group I'm a part of. The ladies in this group are so funny and supportive of sewists of all abilities. Anytime I have a problem, I post a question to the group and get tons of great advice and feedback. We also keep each other informed of deals on fabric and tips and tricks for sewing. Although I've never actually met any other members of the group in person — and some do live around here — I feel like we're great friends.
The Internet: OK, it might be weird to thank the Internet, but I get so much inspiration from projects I find on the Web, whether it's through a blog I follow, random searching or my favorite by far, Pinterest. If you don't know about Pinterest, stop reading right now and set up an account. It'll change how you organize your thoughts.
My neighbors: They let me borrow their power tools and building supplies, their kids for modeling and testing out clothes, and put up with the racket I make when I'm using their power tools. They also don't seem to mind that my front yard looks like Toys R Us vomited on it most of the time.
Deirdre Long blogs about her creations at sewonsewon.blogspot.com.

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Gastric Electrical Stimulation Decreases Food IntakePosted: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
In a study of healthy volunteers, gastric electrical stimulation (GES) using endoscopically placed electrodes reduced the subjects' food and water intake and seemed to delay gastric empty.
The authors believe this approach could be a viable treatment for obesity.
Implantable gastric stimulation showed promise as a treatment for morbid obesity when it was first tested in 1995. Since then, several reports have come out supporting its safety and efficacy, but some patients do not respond.
Dr. Jiande D. Z. Chen, from the University of Texas in Galveston, and colleagues found that gastric electrical stimulation can be performed using mucosal electrodes placed endoscopically, potentially reducing the complications that can arise with surgically placed serosal electrodes. This approach, which allows for temporary stimulation, may be useful in identifying patients likely to benefit from long-term therapy.
In the new study, reported in the American Journal of Gastroenterology for April, Dr. Chen's group tested their GES approach in 12 healthy volunteers. The electrodes were placed in the fundus of the stomach and food intake, gastric accommodation, and other parameters were recorded over 3 consecutive days.
Compared with sham-GES, real GES was associated with significant reductions in food intake and maximum water intake. In addition, real GES delayed gastric emptying during the first 45 minutes after a meal. No significant increases in dyspeptic symptoms were seen with real GES compared with sham stimulation.
"These data suggest that GES for obesity may be achieved using mucosal electrodes. Future studies are required to prove this concept," the authors conclude.
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January 31st.
We almost lost it all this morning. All of it.
Every last person here could have died, and it's only by some profoundly good graces we still have as many people living here as we do.
Late in the night last night, the sickness that had incapacitated thirteen of our residents became fatal. We don't know who died first. We haven't pieced that together yet, but we know who is dead now. Looking at the bright side, our food problems just became much more manageable.
God I'm an asshole.
I was woken up by the sounds of gunshots this morning just as the sun was turning the sky that faint shade of dawn blue. Just enough light so you know the day is coming, but still dark enough to know that it isn't quite morning yet. I sat up immediately with the Kimber and grabbed the walkie. I asked what was happening.
I pulled my pants on, and my shirt on, and over the radio I heard Abby's voice, "something happened inside the clinic, some of them died, and now they're out. They're moving around towards the dorms."
Undead inside the walls again. Moving about as they wished. It was like a fucking bad dream. I had an immediately flashback to the night on the roof of admissions, and the afternoon in the classroom building where I shot round after round into the mob of undead, trying to scratch out a safe place to live in this fucked up world. It seems we (I) came a little full circle this morning.
I dressed as I heard more and more folks wake up to the single gunshot and the radio traffic. The Factory and MGR joined in, asking if we were okay, and collectively we asked them to clear the air, and let us figure out what we had on our hands. I had the tactical guys get their comms online, and we got off the wide band radios.
We made a quick plan, and via the various comms gear we got a headcount on the people who were NOT put in the quarantine in the clinic. Everyone was accounted for, and the only variables were the folks from the clinic. We had no radio traffic from them, which meant Roger's walkie was never used. We're still putting together what went down in there, and it's hard.
Our initial plan was to open windows and fire using rifles at anything on foot that didn't respond to verbal commands. Least amount of risk that way. I saw nothing from my window. I would've thought something would've crossed in front of Hall E or the cafeteria, but nope. Angela over in Hall A, which is right next to the old admin building the clinic is in, shot four times, killing four of our own. Well to be fair, she wasn't killing them. She was putting their animated bodies to rest.
From Hall B Blake took a single shot with his Enfield, putting someone else down, and after that we saw no one and nothing from our windows. From there we formed into small teams that were dorm based, and we moved out and into the campus to scour every inch for the remaining undead or survivors. From Hall E I formed up with Caleb and Abby. Our plan was to sweep the campus in a rough circle shape so we weren't converging and firing on the same spaces. Last thing we wanted was to meet in the middle, and be firing at each other. We swung south towards the clinic itself. Hall A put no team out because there just weren't enough bodies. We crossed in front of them and immediately saw George clawing at the door that led to the apartment he shared with Alex. Angela had no window or angle to see him to shoot him.
He'd been bitten three or four times in the chest and neck, and he was covered with fresh, sticky blood. He hadn't been dead for long. When we rounded the corner I was the one facing him, and once I was sure he was dead (look for the whites of their eyes, as the old saying goes), I put that red dot on his face, and sent him back to oblivion where he belonged. I hope these people are getting rest wherever they are.
We moved down the road to the clinic and prepared for the worst. We swung around the building to the entrance that I went in through back when I was clearing the building originally. It was the door facing the admissions building, near the bridge and campus exit. The door was ajar, and after a quick plan, we breached.
I am not sure how much detail I can even go into here. It was fucking carnage inside. Blood and gore all over. I hollered out for anyone alive to reply, and from the upstairs we heard a woman yell that she was in an office. The same office Abby holed herself up in that day. Funny how things come full circle.
In the open clinic area on one of the beds was Jenna. Jenna was hooked up to an IV bag that Roger must've gotten on her. She sat up when we came into the room, and got off the bed, dragging her IV hangar behind her, slowly opening and closing her mouth, her face twisting into that same silent rage I've seen so fucking much. I liked Jenna. She helped me so much, and she was a real asset for us here. I didn't have the heart to hit her in the head, so I simply lined that red dot up one more time, and sent the back of her head all over the bed she died on. She'd been bitten several times.
I hate my life sometimes. A lot.
Here's a list of the confirmed dead, all from inside the clinic. Our locked doors and reinforced windows held all across campus, protecting everyone that stayed inside thankfully:
Julie, Martin's wife. Deceased.
George, Alex's partner. Deceased.
Andrea, Lindsey's daughter, age 6. Deceased.
Jeffrey Daniel Langston, not quite 1 year old. Deceased.
Doc Lindsey. Deceased.
Veronica of no last name, age 5. Deceased.
Diane Deceased.
Sgt. Roger Halliday Deceased.
Kyle Fishman Deceased.
I could cry. A lot. The heartbreak here right now is motherfucking epic. Everyone has been touched by this, and it will take a long time to shake off the aftereffects of this. Things we could've done differently, finger pointing, all that jazz I'm sure is not far off. Anger and rage will be right after, and we need to keep emotions in check as best as possible. Michelle is soothing nerves as best she can, and Kevin is putting everyone straight to task with Fitz. If people are busy, they are less likely to shut down, or freak out.
In the upstairs office we found Becky, Shelby, Ryan and Chester. They are the lone survivors of the clinic. Right now they are in Joel's care, and Ethan will be returning from MGR tomorrow morning to assist. We are going to lose them too if we don't get some serious fluids into them. They are fading fast, and we are dangerously low on IV bags. We can't get fluids into them fast enough. They can't keep them down.
I know there was an ambulance on the side of the road between here and Westfield. It's off the road in fact, down an embankment on a side road. I saw it when I was walking around on the other side. With any luck, the ambulance will have enough IV bags to get us through the sickness here, and buy us enough time to formulate a serious plan on how to get more medical supplies for the future.
I talked to Joel and Ethan about whether or not we could make our own IV bags and they looked at me like I'd grown a third eye. We have no sterile environments to make any in, and without very specific raw materials, we would essentially be making germ and bacteria bags for direct injection. We'd kill people faster by giving them homemade IVs. I figured it was worth asking.
We're leaving first thing in the morning. The weather has been clear for a day now, and the roads are probably good. We're going in just the two humvees as soon as Ethan gets back here to beef up our numbers. I'm hoping we find the ambulance with no trouble, and it is still filled with usable medical supplies.
And hope. We could seriously use a huge bucket of hope right now. We're running on E at the moment and could use it.
I'm very much out of sorts right now.
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I wonder if the Trans-Siberian Orchestra could perform in space. Hmmmmmmmm. THAT would be amazing! @unseen, hey about "lady dada" don't lie. You know you like it, lol!
The sponsors probably want to stick with petite solo artists who sing. Every pound of payload requires over 200 pounds of rocket fuel to get it into orbit.
Author Mary Roach found many astronauts who said space flight is actually a horrible experience much of the time. Two cosmonauts actually compared it to spending time in a smelly prison: you can't leave, you can't step outside for fresh air, there's no privacy, and you're stuck with your cell mate no matter what.
This is why American astronauts are required to sign confidentiality agreements. The American perception that space travel is glamourous helps with public support and keeps the NASA budget in the black.
This is also why the space shuttle astronauts often didn't appear on camera for up to a few days after the launch into space. They were too busy cleaning up all the vomit (and sometimes, all the shit) floating around the shuttle. I kid you not.
There was another story about an experiment involving onions, which were supposed to be observed for growth patterns. Instead, the astronauts ate them because they were sick of processed food and wanted fresh vegetables. The scientist in charge of the experiment asked how the plants were doing. The astronauts said they were doing great. The scientist got excited until the astronauts finally said look, we ate your experiment and it was delicious.
The nutty, barfy, smelly crap that happens in space, stays in space, unless it's good for public relations. I'm sure if Lady Gaga becomes Lady Barf-Crap we won't be hearing about it. Not that I'd want to anyway.


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The accidental plagiarist: the story of my other novel, how it almost became a TV show, and the movie that killed it.
January 21, 2010
As most of you know, I blog a great deal about my novel, The Happy Soul Industry. In it, God hires an advertising agency to help make "goodness" relevant again. In one respect, I started this blog to explore the many themes covered in that book, in particular the challenges of doing the next right thing in an industry criticized for its ungodliness. Hence the name: Gods of Advertising.
What some of you might not know is The Happy Soul Industry was not my first book. That honor goes to The Last Generation, a novel with arguably darker and more secular themes. The Last Generation imagines a world where babies no longer are being born. Instead of treating the material like science fiction, with the usual tropes (Armageddon, devastation, plague), I chose to write about the existing population, exploring how they would behave knowing that they, in fact, were the last generation.
If the concept sounds eerily like the motion picture, Children of Men that is because it is eerily like the motion picture, Children of Men. In fact, that movie in no small way, derailed the development of my novel into a TV series on NBC! It's true. The Last Generation was in development with Touchstone TV, Phoenix Films and none other than famous Hollywood producer, Mike Medavoy. Don't take my word for it: Variety article: The Last Generation
Alas, NBC balked at the pilot script (not written by me) and the show was halted before pre-production began. There were numerous reasons for canceling the show but none more heartbreaking than the emergence of Children of Men –a film, by the way, which I still haven't seen.
Given my recent discussion of plagiarism in advertising, the parallels here are hard to ignore. I think it only fair to state my book came out several years before the movie. However, Children of Men was based on a book (unknown to me), which came out years before mine. I guess that makes me an accidental plagiarist.
Needless to say, had I known about The Children of Men, let alone read it, I never would have written The Last Generation. While Happy Soul differs from the storyline of the movie, the central conceit is identical. That fact alone would have diffused my inspiration to write. And, as you might imagine, inspiration is key when writing a novel. The Last Generation took me a year to write and another two years to rewrite. After that, I had to find a literary agent, publisher and then a Hollywood agent. Still more rewrites. And then we had to pitch. We're talking five or six years of my life just to get to where I got.
Sure, I was disappointed and frustrated by my turn in Hollywood. But I was also very proud. In terms of movie deals I got farther than most. More importantly, I adored every minute of it. In fact, I hope to go through it again with The Happy Soul Industry –a story, I believe, which offers even more promise as a film than The Last Generation. To that end Sleeping Giant MGMT in Los Angeles is currently shopping the book. We shall see…
For those interested, The Last Generation is on Amazon. Thank you for your readership. God bless.


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The Medical Meetings industry, buffeted by terrorist attacks, strict new corporate accounting standards and pharmaceutical regulations, and a recession, has rebounded, according to the Healthcare Convention Exhibitors Association's new study, a 10-year look at trends culled from data on more than 15,000 medical meetings.
The healthcare convention industry went from riding high in the '90s, with an average professional attendance per meeting at 1,932 in 1997, to a five-year drop in attendance that bottomed out at and average of 1,637 attendees in 2003. The number of exhibits followed a similar trajectory, gradually falling from a high of 159 in 1998 to 134 in 2003.
"One of the things that we found interesting [in the study results] was that the decline was already well under way before 9/11," says Eric Allen, executive vice president at Atlanta-based HCEA, which collects data on healthcare shows worldwide and produces online and print directories of medical meetings. Thanks to a recovering economy, attendance and exhibiting rebounded, with the average number of exhibits at healthcare meetings increasing 16 percent since 2003 to reach an average of 156 exhibits per convention in 2005, only to dip slightly to 155 in 2006. Likewise, attendance has climbed 15 percent since 2003, reaching 1,889 in 2006 — the highest it's been since 1997. As HCEA reports, the industry has essentially returned to the success of the late 1990s.
What's Up, What's Down
Very large meetings (defined by HCEA as those with more than 10,000 attendees) and large meetings (those with 4,000 to 9,999 attendees) were the biggest winners, the study found. Comparing average attendance in two three-year periods, from 1997 to 1999 and from 2004 to 2006, professional attendance at very large meetings grew 7 percent to 12,483, while large meeting attendance rose 8 percent to 7,290. Small meetings (fewer than 2,000 attendees), which make up 74 percent of all healthcare meetings, saw attendance decline 2 percent to 468.
Exhibits, too, continue to take a hit. In 2006 the average number of exhibits per event dropped for the first time since 2002. The decline was small (156 in 2005 to 155 in 2006), but it caught Allen's attention. "Is it the start of a trend — or a blip?"
What is clear is that companies are scrutinizing their marketing spend more closely these days to get the best value for their dollar. "Exhibit marketing is under more pressure than ever before," he says, "and that pressure is for data." Data, he says, is what's driving marketing decisions today because it allows marketers to quantify the value of one marketing channel over the other. "What the industry is demanding now is quantifiable measurements for how effective exhibiting at healthcare shows is," he adds.
The Costs of Doing Business
Interestingly, the study found that, when adjusted for inflation, a 10-foot-by-10-foot booth costs 6 percent less than it did 10 years ago. Also, the space-cost-to-professional-attendee ratio — which comes from dividing the cost of a 10-by-10 booth by the number of professional attendees — is 4 percent lower than it was in 1997. Not surprisingly, large meetings are a better deal than small meetings: the space cost per professional attendee is just 28 cents for large meetings compared to $2.10 for small meetings. "I was struck by how economical it is to reach medical pros through conventions and exhibitions, when you compare those to other media," says Allen.
But costs for material handling, labor, and hotels — to name a few — have gone up in recent years. If organizers can help control or mitigate the "other" costs, it would alleviate some of exhibitors' cost concerns, he says.
And cost is just half of the equation; the other part of it is return. While the meetings industry tends to take for granted that conventions are an essential part of the marketing mix, marketers don't always see it that way, says Allen.
Another red flag for the exhibit side is that, while the number of exhibits has stayed essentially flat over the past 10 years, the average square footage of exhibit space used in two three-year periods, from 1997 to 1999 and from 2004 to 2006, increased 26 percent for large meetings and 28 percent for medium-sized meetings (2,000 to 3,999 attendees). "What that means is the associations are selling more space but to more or less the same number of exhibitors," says Allen.
That's partly because of mergers and acquisitions. Companies are getting bigger, thus buying more space for their booths. The other factor is organizers have become better at selling the space.
If the trend continues and massive exhibit floors are filled by the same number of exhibitors (or even fewer), it will become unhealthy, says Allen. To a certain extent, that trend is what happened in the information technology business, where some major trade shows toppled under their own weight after large exhibitors pulled out following the technology stock bust.
Despite all the challenges ahead, Allen believes that the industry will flourish if it proves its value to both attendees and exhibitors. "The healthcare convention industry has a very compelling story to tell and we need to tell it," says Allen. "If the industry can rally around the idea of quantification, then we have no direction to go but up. But if the industry sticks its head in the sand and refuses to go through the discipline of quantifying its own performance, then I'm not so sure."For more industry meeting news, click here.


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"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
Fifty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial, liberals and conservatives continue to clash about how the line "not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character" should be applied when it comes to affirmative action and other measures aimed at helping minorities.
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This sentence spoken by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has been quoted countless times as expressing one of America's bedrock values, its language almost sounding like a constitutional amendment on equality.
Yet today, 50 years after King shared this vision during his most famous speech, there is considerable disagreement over what it means.
The quote is used to support opposing views on politics, affirmative action and programs intended to help the disadvantaged. Just as the words of the nation's founders are parsed for modern meanings on guns and abortion, so are King's words used in debates over the proper place of race in America.
As we mark the King holiday, what might he ask of us in a time when both the president and a disproportionate number of people in poverty are black? Would King have wanted us to completely ignore race in a "color-blind" society? To consider race as one of many factors about a person? And how do we discern character?
For at least two of King's children, the future envisioned by the father has yet to arrive.
"I don't think we can ignore race," says Martin Luther King III.
"What my father is asking is to create the climate where every American can realize his or her dreams," he says. "Now, what does that mean when you have 50 million people living in poverty?"
Bernice King doubts her father would seek to ignore differences.
"When he talked about the beloved community, he talked about everyone bringing their gifts, their talents, their cultural experiences," she says. "We live in a society where we may have differences, of course, but we learn to celebrate these differences."
The meaning of King's monumental quote is more complex today than in 1963 because "the unconscious signals have changed," says the historian Taylor Branch, author of the acclaimed trilogy "America in the King Years."
Fifty years ago, bigotry was widely accepted. Today, Branch says, even though prejudice is widely denounced, many people unconsciously pre-judge others.
"Unfortunately, race in American history has been one area in which Americans kid themselves and pretend to be fair-minded when they really are not," says Branch, whose new book is "The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement."
Branch believes that today, King would ask people of all backgrounds -- not just whites -- to deepen their patriotism by leaving their comfort zones, reaching across barriers and learning about different people.
"To remember that we all have to stretch ourselves to build the ties that bind a democracy, which really is the source of our strength," Branch says.
Bernice King says her father is asking us "to get to a place -- we're obviously not there -- but to get to a place where the first thing that we utilize as a measurement is not someone's external designation, but it really is trying to look beyond that into the substance of a person in making certain decisions, to rid ourselves of those kinds of prejudices and biases that we often bring to decisions that we make."
That takes a lot of "psychological work," she says, adding, "He's really challenging us."
For many conservatives, the modern meaning of King's quote is clear: Special consideration for one racial or ethnic group is a violation of the dream.
The quote is like the Declaration of Independence, says Roger Clegg, president of the Center for Equal Opportunity, a conservative think tank that studies race and ethnicity. In years past, he says, America may have needed to grow into the words, but today they must be obeyed to the letter.
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This well-known North Reading sports re-seller is located on Main Street (Route 28), near the new Stop & Shop…More grocery store. At Play It Again Sports, customers may earn cash for used sports gear, trade up for another sports line, buy new items, consign or donate. According to its website, the shop offers a wide range of favorite sports brands like Adidas, Nike, Easton, Wilson and Taylor Made, to name a few.
163 Main St, Reading, MA 01867
Dynamic Sports sells full lines of all sporting goods; hockey, lacrosse, soccer and more. The friendly customer…More service oriented staff will assist customers with fittings, special orders, and team uniform purchases. Dynamik Sports does screen printing and embroidering and will take any size orders. Dynamik Sports is also active with local team sponsorships and public education. Online ordering is now available.
Dynamik Sports has been family owned and operated since 1984.
660 Main St, Reading, MA 01867
Reading Trophy is a family-owned and operated business that has been servicing Reading and surrounding communities…More for more than 30 years. Working on-site, Reading Trophy engraves and creates trophies, plaques, gifts and other various items. They are the supplier for local sports awards. They also supply the Whiney Awards for WEEI 850am and the local National Guard awards. Customers can choose from hundreds of designs and styles or have items customized.
The shop also embroiders, silk screens and produces promotional items. Reading Trophy has created many local sports teams jersey shirts and bachelor or bachelorette shirts. They also carry "Reading" products such as T-shirts and sweatshirts, as well as soccer equipment.
7 Bow St, North Reading, MA 01864
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123 Main St, North Reading, MA 01864
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Owners Paul and Bob are experienced pizza guys, who formerly owned and operated Pizza Mia with shops in Wilmington and Tewksbury.
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The Daily Times Chronicle's office in downtown Reading is the headquarters for the Reading and Wakefield branches…More of the paper. It covers local, state and national news, including features such as classifieds, sports, advertisements, weather and so forth and so on. It is easier than ever to subscribe to the Daily Times Chronicle, as its Web site allows for new subscribers to register, as well as for current subscribers to pay bills or voice delivery concerns. Turn to them to keep abreast of local obituaries, calendar events and more.
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Originally re-opened in 1999 as the Big Dog Sports Grille, this bar and grille serves as a veritable North Reading…More sports haven for patrons. Whether seated at the bar or table, customers are surrounded in television coverage of Boston's baseball, football, basketball and hockey teams from more than 60 plasma screens. Choose from a tasty menu offering of steaks, sirloin tips, chicken tips, chili, chops, burgers, fish and chips, salads, thin-crust pizza, New England clam "chowdah" and a large assortment of appetizers while enjoying a beverage from its huge selection of beers on tap or bottled, specialty and other cold drinks. Sports, Spirits & Steaks is also home to Keno, video games and billiards.
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i9 Sports is a co-ed youth flag football league available to kids ages 4 to 14. Parents may register their child for…More either the winter or spring season. Information regarding registration, season dates and game times are available on the i9 Sports website.
Winter season games are open to boys and girls ages 6 to 10. They are played indoors at Tewkbury Turf time at 20 Carter Street in Tewskbury. Outdoor spring games are open to boys and girls 4 to 14. They are held Rita Mullin Field at 96 Lowell Street in North Reading.
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Reading Community Television (RCTV) offers three channels to cable users, including government, educational and…More public.
Located in the center of town, the new studio offers membership plans that allow members to borrow equipment and receive training. RCTV member-produced programming includes Cooking at the Island, The Kitchen Table, Sports Talk, RMHS News, Ask the Town Manager and coverage of meetings.
328 Main St, Reading, MA 01867
The S.M.A.R.T. Physical Therapy center staffs registered physical therapists and assistants in order to treat muscular…More and skeletal injuries in patients. Each patient receives specialized, individual treatments in order to rehabiliatate their injuries correctly so they can get right back into their daily activities, or continue playing sports. Call the center for a free consultation.


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I applied online and the process took 2 weeks - interviewed at EMC in July 2012.
Interview Details Very straight forward. First received a call from a recruiter with an intial conversation then she setup first phone interview with manager. Went in for 1 interview with 2 individuals and was offered the position the next day.
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I applied through an employee referral and the process took 2 days - interviewed at EMC in May 2012.
Interview Details On May 18 2012 I attended a pool campus employee referral placement drive conducted by EMC which was for the following positions
1.Associate Project Manager- 1
2.Implementation Delivery Engineer
3.Technical Support Engineer
Round 1: Aptitude Test - consisting of quantitative aptitude,math,logical reasoning,english etc
Round 2:(For shortlisted candidates from Round 1) Telephonic Round - IVR - 3 sets
Round 3:(For shortlisted candidates from Round 2 after a week @ office) Technical Round - DB,Networks,SAN,Projects which you have handled.
Round 4:HR Round - Background , Personality etc
Round 5: Stability Round - Critical incidence , Analytic Problem solving, Commitment towards company and work
Round 6: Confirmation Round - They asked weather the candidate has any problem working in shifts and with a Bond etc.
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I have a spare HP Pavilion a210a (See HP Pavilion a210a Desktop PC (ap) - HP Customer Care (United States - English)) and i was wondering if anyone has successfully installed Hackingtosh on one.
The specs are:
2.4Ghz P4
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256mb nvidia geforce AGP video card
As you can see, it doesn't have much power as it's old, which is the exact reason I'm asking. It's been running XP it's whole lifetime. I'm not expecting it to run smooth, or run at all, but if it will run it gives me a little project to do So would it run Hackint0sh, or perhaps an older version of Hackint0sh if one exists? (I'm totally new to this, so pardon the idioticy)


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Depression Increases Diabetes RiskPosted: Thursday, May 03, 2007
Poor mood may lead to less exercise and worsening diet and depression appears to raise the odds for diabetes in older people, researchers report.
"Older adults who report high levels of depressive symptoms are more likely to develop diabetes over time than older adults who have lower depressive symptoms," said lead researcher Mercedes R. Carnethon, assistant professor of preventive medicine, at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University.
"We need to carefully evaluate older adults for depressive symptoms, and they need to be taken seriously because of the potential impact," she added. However, whether treating depression reduces the risk for developing diabetes isn't known, Carnethon said.
In the study, Carnethon's group collected data on almost 4,700 people 65 years of age and older who were not diabetic when the study began in 1989.
Over the following 10 years, participants were evaluated for symptoms of depression linked to changes in mood, irritability, calorie intake, concentration and sleep.
The researchers scored symptoms of depression on a scale of zero to 30, with scores of eight or higher indicating high levels of symptoms. When the study began, the average symptom score was 4.5. In addition, one-fifth of the people had a score of eight or higher.
During the 10 years of follow-up, half the people saw their scores increase by at least five points. In all, 234 study participants developed diabetes. The rate of diabetes was higher among those with a score of eight or more compared with those whose scores were below eight, Carnethon's team found.
Carnethon believes the link between depression and diabetes has several causes. "One is behavioral," she said. "Individuals who are depressed may be less likely to engage in healthy physical activities that would protect against the development of diabetes. They may be less likely to sleep well, have healthy diets, all of which are risk factors for developing diabetes," she said.
There could also be biological factors at play. These include increased levels of blood markers of inflammation, such as C-reactive protein, which has been linked to both diabetes and depression, Carnethon said.
"This paper extends earlier findings of a relationship between depressive symptoms and increased risk of developing diabetes, by demonstrating that individuals with worsening depression or with persistent depression are also at increased risk of developing diabetes," said Lana Watkins, an associate professor in the department of psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C.
However, Watkins said the link remains unclear. "In order to identify conclusively whether depression increases diabetes risk through excessive caloric consumption and/or through sedentary behavior, better measures of these two factors are needed," Watkins said.
Source: Diabetes In Control: April 23, 2007 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Don't you just love technology? The wave of constant innovation has brought mankind to where we are right now – a creature of comfort! As intelligent creatures, we've always wanted to make things easier. At times, it has resulted in us further complicating things, nonetheless, majority of the time, we manage to outdo ourselves and create ways to simplify things and make life easier for us.
The same principle of making things easy and simple is the driving force for Pacific Mobile Modular Buildings. It is the company's desire to ease up manual labor, reduce manpower costs, which of course equates to cost reduction to the part of the contracting company, but without definitely, compromising the quality. Another benefit that goes with having the said company construct your building, is the time involved. Going modular defintely gives you an advantage in terms of completing the project in a very timely manner, in contrast to the traditional way of constructing a building.
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For each category I have 2 sub categories with same name. For example, Category1 has two subcategories: Sub1, Sub2.
On the category archive page, I want to display the posts from Sub1 and Sub2. So how can I use the post loop to always get posts from Sub1 and Sub2.
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1. Scope
1.1 This specification covers plain and deformed steel wire and plain and deformed steel welded wire fabric with protective vinyl (PVC, polyvinyl chloride, or polyvinyl chloride powder compound) coating. Class A is intended for use as reinforcement in concrete and Class B as reinforcement in earth.
1.2 Other thermoplastic organic coatings may be used provided they meet the requirements of this specification.
Note 1--The coating applicator is identified throughout this specification as the manufacturer.
1.3 Requirements for coatings are contained in Annex A1.
1.4 This specification is applicable for orders in either inch-pound units (as Specification A933) or in SI units [as Specification A933M].
1.5 The values stated in either inch-pound or SI units are to be regarded as standard. Within the text, the SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in nonconformance with this specification.
2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.
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A82/A82M Specification for Steel Wire, Plain, for Concrete Reinforcement
A185/A185M Specification for Steel Welded Wire Reinforcement, Plain, for Concrete
A496/A496M Specification for Steel Wire, Deformed, for Concrete Reinforcement
A497/A497M Specification for Steel Welded Wire Reinforcement, Deformed, for Concrete
A775/A775M Specification for Epoxy-Coated Steel Reinforcing Bars
A884/A884M Specification for Epoxy-Coated Steel Wire and Welded Wire Reinforcement
A1064/A1064M Specification for Steel Wire and Welded Wire Reinforcement, Plain and Deformed, for Concrete
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D374 Test Methods for Thickness of Solid Electrical Insulation
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Clarinkia Academy hit the Second Year, woo! There's surprises galore.
All BMGf rules apply.
The academy has become all-girls. So all the boys either graduated or got kicked out.
There are eight dorms, four named after non-legendaries: Excadrill, Altaria, Dugtrio, Swanna, Celebi, Palkia, Ho-Oh, and Meloetta.
You may have one character per dorm, but four max.
After you sign up I will determine the dorm your character is in.
The passcode is "The Second Year is Here!"
Sign-up sheets:
Name: First and Last (if any)
Age: 12-15
Appearance: One paragraph minimum. Or a pic.
Personality: Two sentences minimum.
Pokemon: Only one, and they may be evolved but only if you do not have a Legendary or pseudo-Legendary.
Other: Questions? Theme?
My Sheets by Dorm:
Name: Lizzie Sparks
Age: 12 1/2.
Appearance: Lizzie has brown hair and green eyes. Her outfit is a pair of grey jeans and a white top with a grey vest. She also wears boots and has white gloves. 4' 9" and weighs average weight for her height.
Personality: Lizzie is energetic. She usually aces Rapidash/Zebstrika Riding because of her love for horse-like Pokemon.
Pokemon: Zebstrika|Female|Motor Drive|Flame Charge, Charge Beam, Agility, Thunder.
Name: Karima Ampari
Age: 14
Appearance: Like a fusion of these but with blond hair and lighter blue eyes:
Personality: Very kind and intelligent. Has a way of acing dance lessons and coordinating.
Pokemon: Ampharos|Female|Static|Thunder, ThunderShock, Charge Beam, and Volt Switch.
Karima and Lizzie- Leavanny Duo.


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As floods devastate the Mississippi River region, fires rage in California, and memories of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath remain fresh in everyone's minds, it's worth asking: What will you do in case of disaster? And how can you help your children prepare?Floods. Wildfires. Tornadoes. For many Americans, natural disasters are a fact of life, a calamity waiting to happen at the will of Mother Nature. For others, these catastrophes are simply stories on the evening news, events that happen to other people, not them. It's easy to think that disasters won't happen to you. In reality, 60 percent of all Americans have been impacted, including children under 18 — who make up a quarter of the U.S. population.For children, these disasters — even the prospect of them — are downright frightening. But with proper planning, parents can help calm these fears. "The key is being prepared and to include the kids in your plan," says Floyd Buras, M.D., FAAP, a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at Louisiana State University and a pediatrician in New Orleans, a city still reeling from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. "If they know what they have to do, there will be less anxiety."
The first thing to do is to become aware of the potential disasters in your community and to learn about the kinds of services available in the event of an emergency. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, you can get that information by contacting your local Red Cross or your state or metro emergency management office and asking: What types of disasters are most likely to happen in my area and how do I prepare for each one?
You should also contact child care programs, schools, work sites, and any other place family members spend time and learn about their disaster plans. Armed with this information, you're now ready to start developing your family's disaster plan and to talk intelligently with your children about what to do if disaster strikes.
The best thing parents can do is come up with a plan before disaster strikes. "You don't want to be there 24 hours before landfall, asking 'Are we going to leave or stay?' Dr. Buras says. "The thing that drives people crazy is not knowing what to do. You can't be indecisive with this." Of course, the type of planning you do will depend largely on where you live and the types of disasters that may occur. Children who live in California for instance, need to know where to go if an earthquake strikes; children in the Midwest need to know how to get to higher ground during a flood. One thing everybody needs is a disaster supplies kit. The kit should contain items you'd need in the event you're without water or power for several days, such as food, water, medicine, and cash. Dr. Buras says you might also ask your children to pack a small bag of their most precious belongings. Make sure to teach your children what to do in the event there is a disaster. Show them where to go in the house, and where to meet up if you have to go outdoors. Post emergency phone numbers near your phone, and designate an out-of-town relative or friend as a contact person. Teach your kids how to spot signs of danger, call for help, and shut off utilities. Show them how to reach the family contact person if they become separated from you during a disaster. It's also important to have a destination in mind if there's a chance your family will be evacuated. Whether it's grandma's house or a hotel in another city, your children will take comfort in knowing that they have someplace to go, Dr. Buras says.
Even the most well-prepared family will feel stress when disaster is looming. To help children lessen their fears, encourage them to talk about what they're feeling. "Bring it up, and ask them what they think," Dr. Buras says. "Use play therapy. Put trucks and toys in a bathtub, fill it up, and show them what might happen." Although it is important to watch media reports with your children, be careful to avoid overexposure to news of the impending disaster and make sure that images and language are age appropriate and not frightening. Most important, try to maintain your composure before, during, and after the ordeal. Children of all ages can easily pick up on their parents' fears and anxieties, and in a disaster, will look to you for help and clues on how to act. If you react with alarm, your child may become more scared. If you're overwhelmed with grief, your child's own sense of loss may be stronger. "The worst thing is for kids to see parents freaking out," Dr. Buras says. "Kids look to their parents as a steady influence in their lives." Always be honest with your children. Answer their questions, so that they can understand what's going on. But base the amount of information and level of detail on what's suitable for your child's age.
Even when the event is over, it's important to watch your children for lingering signs of distress, which in extreme cases, can sometimes last for years. Some kids may suffer sleep disturbances, fatigue, and sadness. Younger kids may revert to bed-wetting and thumb-sucking. Older kids may use drugs or lose pleasure in activities they used to enjoy. To help children cope, seek advice from a trained professional such as counselor, therapist or your pediatrician. Keep encouraging them to talk about how they're feeling. With younger kids, you might ask them to draw pictures or tell stories. Assure anxious children that you're there to take care of them — don't ask them to tough it out. Limit media exposure, which can traumatize kids of all ages, and find other ways to spend time together as a family. You might also involve your children in whatever you're doing. Giving children age-appropriate tasks can help them feel a part of the recovery process. Finally, try to resume a normal routine as soon as possible, which for most kids, means going back to school, eating meals, and sleeping on a schedule. Getting back in a routine can be reassuring when the world seems to be in a state of chaos. For more information and resources, visit www.aap.org/disasters.
Here's a partial list of must-have items for your emergency supplies kit:
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by Maria Cranor
Spring 2010
Swami belts? Check. EBs? Check. Stoppers? Hexes? Check. Nancy and I stuffed our packs into my tiny hatchback. We had pored over our yellow Meyers guides and pondered the Cookie, Arch Rock, Middle, the Apron. We'd picked out some routes we thought we could do, and we were primed for our first trip to the Valley – girls on the loose with rope, rack and, we hoped, the chops to hold our own at the epicenter of the climbing universe.
In the days before the Park Service clamped down on the enjoyable, grubby anarchy of Camp 4, it was possible – and highly desirable – to live in the C4 parking lot, a fizzing social scene at all hours. Shortly after Nancy and I arrived there on this highly anticipated foray to Yosemite, we pulled out the stove and started organizing our dinner ingredients, which fatefully included the catnip of 1970s climbers: a gallon of Gallo Hearty Burgundy.
No sooner had the Gallo made its appearance than a couple of fit-looking locals drifted over, settling in to trade wine access for entertaining tales of derring-do on the crags. The evening wore on, the level of wine in the bottle sank lower and lower, and the stories got funnier and funnier. Eventually our guests retired, leaving behind an empty Gallo jug and a burning question: "Who were those guys?"