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How Us Became Us
My husband and I recently celebrated 11 years of being together.
And when I say "celebrate", I really mean patting each other on the back and saying, "good job".
You know those adorable stories of how couples meet and their cute courtship tales?
That is not us.
Our story is so far from that, you could be standing on top of the above tales on a ladder wearing platform shoes and STILL couldn't even see our story.
Those adorable engagement pictures on Pinterest?
Oh sure, there are the pictures of us plastered at the local Applebee's with friends and I am pretty sure one of them involves my husband giving the finger.
We are classy like that.
In fact, our wedding photographer wasn't hired until about two weeks before our wedding.
Which reminds me…NEVER HIRE A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER WHO IS AVAILABLE TWO WEEKS BEFORE YOUR WEDDING.
Here is the story of how we became us.
Disclaimer- I swear we do not have an alcohol problem. Really. Oh, and there is a lot of pixilation because apparently the story of "us" is much more Raising Arizona than Father of the Bride.
|On the train ride home that fateful night.
Of the Cornholio Incident.
Chapter 1
Beavis Isn't The Way To Win Over A Woman.
Unless You Are Me.
I first remember meeting my future husband at the train station on the way to Taste of Chicago the summer of 1993.
A huge group of people went into the city that summer night to get drunk and eat food.
But mostly to get drunk.
And he and I were two of them.
In fact, I had my eye on another attendee of said "Drink of Chicago".
My future husband's BFF, if you will.
This you need to know: Beavis and Butthead had just become insanely popular that summer.
Anyhoo mid-evening, the future husband comes up to me, sees my cup of something and asks me "what are you drinking?"
I told him "bourbon".
I wasn't drinking bourbon.
Back then, they only offered beer at the Taste but I didn't like beer so I was drinking pop.
All. Night. Long.
With my friends.
Who were all drunk.
Good times.
He offered to get me more "bourbon" and I said "sure".
For two reasons:
1- I wanted to see if he could really find me some. Because I was getting bored. And kind of thirsty.
And B- I was not interested.
Because BFF.
It wasn't until all 15 of us stumbled through the streets of Chicago on the way back to Union Station that he hooked me.
He started doing Beavis impersonations.
Dead on Beavis impersonations.
The laughter, OMG THE LAUGHTER of all of our mutual friends.
Where have you been my whole life???
|That's right.
The pixilation is there to protect the non-hugger.
Chapter 2
Dating. Duggar Style.
Six weeks after the Beavis incident, I was standing in the Misses department at Kohl's (where I worked at the time) being asked out on a date.
I was wearing a black top, plaid mini skirt and shoe boots.
He had a box of Nike shoes in his hand.
But he didn't really need Nikes.
He didn't ask me out in his Beavis voice by the way.
Anyway, we went to a White Sox game, had a great time and talked non-stop the entire date.
BUT I was in an "I don't want to rush into anything" kind of place.
I had been in two different relationships over the previous three years and just wanted to take it slowwwww.
So we dated like the Duggars for six full weeks.
No kissing.
No holding hands.
Only a hug at the end of the night.
Amish in Rumspringa was doin' more than us in those six weeks.
He even invited me to his other best friend's wedding the next month, so I figured he must really like me even with the whole Amish lovin' thang we had going on.
So when he stopped calling, naive me was baffled.
It wasn't until a few days later while I was at a local bar with a group of friends when one of his friends informed me that Duggar boy was dating a girl in their apartment building.
He ditched me.
Oh yes, and they were doing much more than hugging.
But I liked sports!
I could down a platter of nachos and let out a big belch!
He loved down to earth girls!!!
Apparently, he also loved girls who put out as well.
She got to go to the wedding too.
|We take a great picture, don't we?
Call us Brad and Angelina of the Midwest.
Chapter 3
Mike's Hard Lemonade was our E Harmony.
Fast forward nine years late to a party at my future husband's house.
When a mutual friend (the BFF who I originally had a crush on…the irony isn't lost on me) and I were talking about "the old days" and the whole Duggar/Beavis/ManWhore episode of 1993 comes up.
All of a sudden I blurt out that I may possibly kind of maybe have a few of those feelings for him.
Kind of.
Because Mike's Hard Lemonade.
Ten minutes later, said friend comes up to me and says all GI JOE code word-like: "It's done. The deal is done!"
What deal?
"Noooo….I told him that you like him."
My husband found out that I thought he was special at his housewarming party surrounded by a townhouse full of drunken 30 somethings.
Magic moments, people. Magic. Moments.
Almost full circle to the night we first met, when you think about it.
Except instead of Doc Martens, Pearl Jam and big hair, there was Kelly Clarkson. spanx and big hair.
Two weeks later, we went on our first date.
And two years later, the hubs was down on one knee.
In what we like to call "the proposal incident".
|This was the best wedding photo we took that day.
Chapter 4
Door Flippin' County.
Ever heard of Door County?
It is this amazing peninsula right outside of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
It's beautiful, the food is amazing and it is the scene of our engagement.
That almost didn't happen.
This is what did happen:
– I ate lots and lots of cheese shaped like the state of Wisconsin.
– I sat out on the balcony of our hotel room. A lot.
– I went to the library. While on a "romantic" vacation.
– I got lost trying to find the library. While on a "romantic" vacation.
– The future husband went golfing alone. While on a "romantic" vacation.
– He ran out of money.
– We watched Brian's Song. Three times.
I had no idea he had plans to propose on this trip.
But on night two, he started acting really weird.
Once we got back to our hotel room after dinner, he decided that he wanted us to take a walk.
In the pitch black darkness of night.
We sat at this gazebo on the grounds of the hotel and he started yammering.
Which was unusual because he is not a yammerer.
Then I noticed his hands were clammy.
It was then that I thought, "Holy crap is he gonna ask me to marry him?"
Then I was all…HOLY CRAP HE IS TOTALLY GOING TO ASK ME TO MARRY HIM!
Until after 15 minutes of said yammering, he got up and said, let's go back to the hotel room.
24 hours later, no question was asked.
No ring was presented.
And it was around this time that I started to get mad.
Like, REALLY, REALLY mad.
At that point, I was more infuriated with the prospect that he didn't think I was worthy of marrying him.
Not at all with the prospect of getting an engagement ring.
Like we always used to semi-jokingly say when we were dating, "it's not a competition".
It was SO a competition.
It was ON.
The next day I did, what I now realize, everything in my power to make him NEVER want to marry me or any other female on the planet.
In an eight hour period, I went from angry to melancholy to a raging lunatic.
I may or may not have convinced him that he needed to go golfing.
Then upon picking him up, scream at him for the 15-minute drive to the hotel, about how insensitive it was to go golfing on a "romantic weekend".
I know.
The next evening, after a bottle of wine, things became crystal clear.
It was on the balcony of our hotel room that I drunkenly declared (and this is a little fuzzy for a few reasons) that YOU ARE NEVER GONNA ASSSK ME TO MARRY YOU! ARE YOUUUU!?!?!?!
That YOU DON'T THINK I AM SSSPECIAL ENOUGH TO SSSPEND THE RESSSST OF YOUR LIFE WITH?!?!
And, that THISSS ISSS LIKE 1993 ALL OVER AGAIN, ISSSN'T IT?
And then I allegedly gave him the finger.
I wish I were making this up.
The next afternoon, over sprite, cheese (shaped like the state of Wisconsin) and crackers on the same balcony, my future husband did indeed pop the question.
And as weird as it sounds, it was spontaneous.
It was middle of the afternoon and we were wearing tee shirts and shorts.
Not at a candlelight dinner or on the beach with a guitar player in the background.
It was perfect.
We laughed, we cried, the usual banter.
But the story he told everyone was from the previous night.
Because really, that was the more interesting story, let's face it.
I always wonder what would have happened had I not pulled a Duggar back in 1993.
But then I wouldn't have my Annie.
Or possibly even my Ellie.
And we wouldn't have these stories to tell them when they are older.
Way older.
Like when we are in the nursing home and are trying to get the good Jell-O.
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Shannon from Deepest Worth
Duggar Dating. Funny.
You got engaged over cheese on a balcony in Wisconsin. I got engaged in a 1978 Ford Mustang Cobra in my parents' driveway in Ohio. We really were meant to be friends, weren't we?
Kari at A Grace Full Life
And now I cannot wait to hear your engagement story!
By the way, TOTALLY meant to be friends.
Words for Worms
I love this story so freaking much. And not only for the Beavis impressions (but really, due in large part to the Beavis impressions.)
Kari at A Grace Full Life
You and my husband would get along.
We may or may not, at one time, have had a Beavis life size doll in our possession.
I kid you not.
And . . . the first couple of paragraphs. Ugh. Sometimes I swear we are the same person.
I woke up this morning and thought … "I have GOT to get on the scale and face reality."
But I didn't.
Haven't weighed myself since this time last year when I was doing the Jillian thing.
And I'm SCARED.
I will say, the only time in my life that I've ever REALLY lost weight was the 6 months that I did Weight Watchers. I lost almost 40 lbs. (and aside from pregnancy) kept it off. (Not that I know that to be true a the present time, since I haven't stepped on a scale in almost a year, but . . . I do know I haven't gained back almost 40 lbs. at least!) : )~
You WILL be successful!!! I'm jealous.
You'd think the easy answer would just be "DUH, Bec! Join Weight Watchers again!"
But — it is HARD, dieting. Too much thinking. Lots of time.
I just can't do it right now. : (
I'll wait for you to inspire me though. (And I know you will.)
Go, Kari!!!!
Love ya!
Kari at A Grace Full Life
I need you here to my motivational coach.
Please come!
And bring donuts.
Oh wait…..
Love you too, my friend!
Teri Biebel
Where do you get cheese shaped like Wisconsin? I'd love New Jersey shaped cheese without all the pollutants and big hair.
I'm so glad he finally popped the question!
Kari at A Grace Full Life
Only in Wisconsin do they have cheese shaped like their state.
So lucky,
I am too. 🙂
Joules (from Pocketful of Joules)
I have a theory that non-romantic proposals are the BEST ones. Because really, if you have expectations for a pinterest proposal and a pinterest wedding… well, honey, marriage isn't like pinterest. Just saying.
And two quick stories: #1. I was trying to work up the bravery to tell my (then) boyfriend that I loved him for the first time and just as I opened my mouth to say it, he said "have you ever thought about anal?" #2. My husband asked me to marry him one night after I had already gotten into bed. So we were in pj's, I had on NO makeup and my glasses, etc. Perfection. And yes, he was the anal asker. And no. Just NO.
Kari at A Grace Full Life
Omg I am reading this at the Dr office waiting room and can't laugh….and my husband is looking at me bc he can see I want to laugh but can't.
I agree with your theory.
This is about the BEST engagement story I've ever read. I LOVE this. Love your writing and Funny. Love that last pic of you guys! <3
Kari at A Grace Full Life
Aww thanks friend!
Its been quite a ride. 🙂


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After a few weeks off, the Pacific Symphony returns to the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa with a Music Unwound series May 5 to 7.
Symphony officials are calling 8 p.m. "Bolero!" concerts to be infused with "sultry flamenco, hot-tempered gypsy violin and the heat of the Spanish sun," all under the baton of guest conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto.
Prieto, a native of Mexico, serves in posts in his native country and the U.S., including being music director of Mexico's National Symphony Orchestra, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and the Huntsville (Ala.) Symphony Orchestra. The series will be his third occasion guest conducting the Costa Mesa-based orchestra.
"I am from Mexico but (am) a citizen of Spain," Prieto said in a release. "My mother is from Madrid and three of my grandparents were Spanish ... so I know this music since birth, and feel that we are presenting a very interesting combination of pieces."
Included on the "Bolero!" program is — you guessed it — Ravel's famously repetitive but nonetheless rich piece of the same name, Manuel de Falla's ballet "The Three-Cornered Hat," and Pablo de Sarasate's arrangement for solo violin and orchestra of Bizet's "Carmen" opera.
Russian-American Philippe Quint is the soloist and will be playing on a 1708 "Ruby" Antonio Stradivari violin on loan from the Stradivari Society. Quint is a two-time Grammy nominee, Juilliard-educated musician who's worked with Prieto before.
"He is an incredible violinist as well as a great friend," Prieto said in a release. "We have toured, recorded and performed together around the world."
Dancing onstage during "The Three-Cornered Hat" will members from the Caminos Flamencos, a San Francisco-based nonprofit led by artistic director Yaelisa.
A mini-lesson to the art of flamenco dancing will also take place in the lobby before the concert. In addition, the pre-concert lecture with Alan Chapman begins at 7 p.m.
May 7 will have a Family Musical Mornings series concert featuring Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty" and other tunes. These short, kid-friendly presentations, led by assistant conductor Maxim Eshkenazy, are complete with dancers from the Orange County Ballet Theatre and seek to connect young attendees with the ties between music, dance and storytelling.
The concerts begin at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. A musical carnival is at 9 a.m. and 12:15 p.m., which will have the Pacific Harp Ensemble, founded by Pacific Symphony principal harpist Mindy Ball.
On May 8, the symphony presents its last Café Ludwig concert of the 2010-11 season, dubbed "Music and Art," led by Orli Shaham. The 3 p.m. concert that will have visual images, coffee and treats in the Samueli Theater.
For more information on the concerts or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.pacificsymphony.org or call (714) 755-5799.
BRADLEY ZINT is a copy editor for the Daily Pilot and a classically trained musician. E-mail him story ideas at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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An interactive videogame designed to optimize respiratory navigator efficiency in children undergoing cardiac magnetic resonance
© Hamlet et al. 2016
- Published: 27 January 2016
- Heart Rate Variability
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance
- Diaphragm Position
- Reduce Heart Rate Variability
- Respiratory Navigator
Advanced cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) acquisitions often require long scan durations that necessitate respiratory navigator gating. This is particularly important in children with limited ability to hold their breath. We hypothesized that visual feedback of diaphragm position using an interactive videogame during CMR would increase navigator efficiency and improve image quality in children.
Using a 3T Siemens Tim Trio, 20 healthy children (Age: 13 ± 3, 35% female) underwent a navigator-gated 2D spiral cine displacement encoding with stimulated echoes (DENSE) acquisition (mid-ventricular, basal, apical, and 4-chamber images) first with no feedback and then with the videogame. Additional imaging parameters were: 12 spiral interleaves, voxel size: 2 × 2 × 8 mm, TE/TR: 1.08/17, flip angle: 20°, 1 average. Between the acquisitions with no feedback and those with the videogame, each child underwent two 30-heartbeat practice scans to familiarize themselves with the videogame. Navigator efficiency and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) were determined for each subject and compared using a paired student's t-test.
Use of a diaphragmatic feedback videogame during navigator-gated DENSE CMR can improve navigator efficiency by 50% in children. The videogame also has a slight positive effect on image quality with a 7% increase in SNR, potentially due to the shorter scan durations leading to reduced heart rate variability. These findings should be generalizable to all CMR acquisition sequences which utilize a respiratory navigator.
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This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.


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I've said similar things before, but because today is the day we honor our fallen friends who have served the United States of America, I am going to say a few things before the night ends.
I am eternally grateful for those men and women who served in the United States military and gave their lives for whatever cause (our freedom or someone else's). It matters not whether you participated in a war that we now disagree with or condemn, because, to me, you did nothing but what you were supposed to do when you took that oath to serve as a soldier or pilot or what have you, and when your country said, "We need you," you didn't say, "Sorry, I won't have any of that." You took up your pens and rifles and ships and planes and so on and did your duty, and many of you died or will die as a result. Not many people can say they have that kind of dedication to a cause or nation or people or anything.
So, to the men and women currently serving in the U.S. military: thank you; there are few people I can say are true heroes, and military people make up 99% of all heroes in my book.
To the men and women who have died, who have left behind families and may or may not be able to see this, depending on your belief in the afterlife: thank you; you, like the men and women who are still here on this planet, are heroes, and you deserve more respect than you have collectively been given by the nation you sacrificed yourself for.
That is all. Happy Memorial Day…


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we have occupied RED SQUARE RUSSIA!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
we have occupied RED SQUARE RUSSIA!!!!!!!!!!
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Labels: ACTIVISM, Activist, arOCCUPY, ART, augmented reality, intervention, May Day, mayday, Moscow, occupy, OWS, protest, red square, Russia, wall street
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"Is it made of real gold?" he asked, and everyone in that small room of the museum smiled. We were standing before the Augustus Saint-Gaudens' Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th Regiment, the first all African-American regiment in the Civil War. I had stopped there to rest and gaze at this massive gold sculpture. He and his group had stopped to learn about the history of the Regiment. I stayed because they impressed me so.
When I walked into that room and gazed at the memorial, I noticed two things right away. First, the infantry men were black. Second, the officer on the horse was white. I didn't know the history of the Regiment or anything at all about the artist, but yet, these were the things I noticed. I'd like to chalk this up entirely to the fact that I'm researching slavery and Civil War history or think I noticed because, intuitively, I knew this was somehow important. Perhaps, in some ways, this is true. But it's also true that as a person raised in the southern United States, I notice race quickly. I'm not proud of that.
After my initial study of the memorial, I walked over the placard across the room and sat down on a bench to read about what was before me. It was here I read about the Regiment's status as the first African-American regiment in the Civil War, here I saw that these men were fighting for the Union, here that I began to understand the work as more than a simple study of men at war.
But before I could finish reading, a group of kids in bright yellow t-shirts came in. They stood before the memorial, and their guide began to ask them question. "What do you notice in this piece of art?"
"There's a horse."
"There's an angel."
"The men are wearing backpacks."
"There are drums."
"They have guns."
It was only after they mentioned the guns, only after they had described the more obvious elements of the painting that the guide steered them to the historical background of the piece. He told them about the Massachusetts 54th and reminded them of what the Civil War had been about – "living up to the ideal of our country, the ideals in the Declaration of Independence, that all men are free." And they listened, tired now and draped across the floor in a nonchalance that only children can achieve in public. They learned, and they appreciated.
"What do the man's faces look like?"
"They look proud," one little girl said. Yes, they do, I thought. Yes, they do.
I turned to the woman next to me and said, "I am so impressed by them."
She told me they were a group of kids from a poorer county in Georgia, ages 8-12. They were up in DC for the weekend as part of a trip sponsored by a local church to reward those kids who achieved honor roll. So absolutely impressive.
But what impressed me most is that these kids, these kids from the same South I am from, these kids put me to shame. They didn't notice the race of the people there until they were asked to notice it and to understand its significance. I need to be more like them when I write and when I live – focused on what is before me and not my own filters that can skew my vision. Oh to be like children.
"Is it made of gold?" I don't know, but I know these kids are.


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all these kids are getting older.
all these kids are getting older.
who would have thought these guys would be teachers when they got older?
alex is a middle school teacher at a school in san francisco [sfgate.com]
fellow lonetree alum phil winston, now principal at palo alto high school [csu eastbay]
billy is the pe teacher at curtner, here standing with alex, discussing lesson plans for the upcoming week over a pint of PBR.
kids calcium intake is really low these days, especially compared to when i was growing up. it's hard to believe that this shake is 90%Â of the RDA for calcium. that's crazy! all in one drink. they should be giving these out with school lunches!
i wonder if pure appraisal could get a good value out of this house? i also wonder if this is covered by homeowner's insurance.
it's funny to us how the east coast folks responded to a magnitude 5.8 earthquake the other day, since us californians probably wouldn't even notice such a temblor while going about our daily lives. but some east coast folks got a little ticked that we are making fun of them and one of them responded with this:
Watch the full episode. See more PBS NewsHour.
gunning for the male vote recently. it's working for that guy on the left.
that's just like biting string cheese in chunks.
on my only day off before my new job, the daughter and i hiked up the 2,500-foot-tall mission peak in fremont. after hearing some initial grumbling, we kept going and did the whole trip up and down in 3 hours. halfway through, she started to joke about having a moving walkway to the top, like what we see at airports.
we'll see how the next couple days go for her muscle soreness.


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Pageants all over the world have different profiles and target different markets. Some pageants look for swimsuit models for magazines, some look for models for the fashion industry, some look for new faces into tinsel town. Some also claim to be engaged in identifying ambassadors for welfare activities and programmes.
I saw some portions of the Miss Universe pageant 2010 that rocked Las Vegas. And as it has always been the rule, than the exception a damsel from Mexico (a third world- or may be developing country) was crowned .And Miss India Ushoshi Sengupta not only drew flak for her fancy dress kind costume and also she lost out.
Nevertheless Mexico a developing country won the title. And that would suffice and serve well the purpose behind this expensive well marketed joke of fancy dress competitions. The many multinational manufacturers of women's beauty products, swim suits and costumes stand to gain, because a woman from the third world, a developing country is now their mascot, and ambassador. And their sales in the impoverished third world will get a flip. New markets and vistas will be opened up.
Ostensibly as it has always been claimed, the goal of these damsels is to eradicate poverty, bring forth child welfare, empower women, world peace etc. In 2002 (I wonder if I got the year correct) the beauty pageant did do something for peace in Nigeria. When ethnic and religious violence against such events went out of control. Wonder what an impoverished country like Nigeria could do for world peace by hosting such an event. The pageant organisers had to run lock stock and barrel.
I'm not ipso facto against such pageants like Miss World and Miss Universe. But my question is what have they achieved other than triple the sale of cosmetics and expensive women's accessories. Big marketing syndicates have gained. And the damsels who have won tactfully enter the highly rewarding theatre of activity, films and advertising.
We have such a few cases here in India too. The The Aiswaryas, the Sushmitas,the Priyankas, the Lara Duttas,the Omana Kuttans all have got the one way ticket to Bollywood and have made it big. In what way have their crowning, fame and name ameliorated the perils of women? In what way have these ladies contributed to women's welfare and empowerment? I remember some of these ladies declare ostensibly at the pageant when asked about their ambition, and aim in life. "Poverty eradication, children's welfare, women's empowerment"! What laudable and magnanimous goals!
Mother Teresa was not a beauty queen by these yardsticks and bench marks.And was never turned to by these pageants .But yet she have done during her life time much for peace , for the dis-Publish Postempowered,the dispossessed and the meek than all the beauties can ever dream of or claim .
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Final thoughts: So what at half-time looked like an unlikely result gives the US a welcome boost in their ongoing rebuild. That's their first win in three and a half years over Mexico, and in the second half at least, they were decent value for it. Green was a creative spark, Robinson aggregated his two game performance into a positive with his work down the left, and Steffen had another solid game in goal. And of course the fearless Adams continued his development with a coolly taken goal.
Zoldivar's sending off changed the game and Mexico never looked competitive again. They're now in their worst result sequence for 17 years and have questions of their own to deal with, but some of the work shown by Lainez in particular should give them hope that there's a way forward with the next generation.
The USA continue their sequence with games against Columbia, Peru, England And Italy next. The challenges will keep coming and maybe by then they'll have a coach, or at the very least a more familiar looking balance of internationals than this very experimental roster. For tonight, the gamble paid off.
Thanks for your tweets and emails. Sorry I couldn't use them all. Till next time. Good night.
90 mins+4: Wood gets to the byline on the right and pulls the ball back to where Green has his shot blocked. It's the last significant action of the game.
90 mins+3: Mexico trying to build for one last chance, but there's a renewed spring in the US players' step and they're back to closing all over the field in the dying moments.
90 mins+1: We'll have three minutes of added time. In the first of them Steffen comes off his line well to claim Ayala's outswinging cross.
Delgado comes on for Weah as the US start to run the clock down.
90 mins: Wood gets a yellow for a late challenge in Abella, that earned every part of the card. It was a pretty unnecessary foul.
88 mins: Pause in play as Wood is down with a head injury. He's up on his feet but the referee's making him go off to be assessed by the trainers, as per protocol.
Yedlin's first contribution is to pick up a yellow for some naughty chatting.
86 mins: No sign of Jonathan Gonzalez yet by the way. But another sub, Hernandez has a half chance when a crossfield ball picks him out at the back of the box. He flashes his volley over, but that was a great ball to pick him out by Aguirre.
84 mins: Carter-Vickers gives Moore a hard stare after his poor pass almost gifts a chance to Mexico, but the US get it clear.
Some teams look more dangerous with ten men. Mexico just look diminished.
Roldan and Yedlin on for Acosta and Moore
82 mins: Robinson scoops a cross to the penalty spot where Wood can't quite untangle his feet to turn and get a clean shot off. Robinson has been impressive since coming on tonight, after having a testing night against Brazil on Friday.
80 mins: Mexico trying to build around the US box but Acosta earns a free kick when Guzman puts him under pressure on the edge of the box, and the USA can relieve any nascent pressure.
Wood comes on for Zardes for USA. And Gallardo comes on to replace Guzman. Gallardo has the pace to cause some problems against a tiring US defense.
78 mins: Interesting challenge for a young Mexico team as well, of course. Including their World Cup collapse they've lost their last three games and this would make it four if the result holds. Beyond the score, they might be happy with the performances of some young individuals, but there are few moral victories in losses against your rivals. Can they find some pressure in the dying moments of the game?
76 mins: The USA have been the better team in the second half. Not sure they deserved their goal more than Mexico might have deserved one in the first half, but they took their chance and now have a chance to take a real morale boost out of what was looking like a muted experience at best.
74 mins: Events of the last five minutes have suddenly put a very different complexion on the evening's events. Even without the sending off the US have been looking better balanced since Robinson came on, and he had the telling touch to supply the goal.
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Christopher Lee stars as the eponymous Chinese criminal mastermind in this adaptation of the Sax Rohmer novel. Having watched his execution, Detective Nayland Smith (Nigel Green) can be forgiven for thinking that the evil of Fu Manchu is finally at rest, but when a mysterious deadly gas is tested on a sleepy English town, the trail of clues lead to an impossible conclusion - that Fu Manchu is alive and well, and planning yet more criminal outrages. It becomes a race against time to stop the evil genius from testing his deadly gas on the whole of London, his first step in an attempt to take over the world.


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He teaches like Speedy Gonzalez on a caffeine high.
Help! I've fallen asleep and I can't wake up!
His blackboard technique puts Rembrandt to shame.
Textbook is confusing ... someone with a knowledge of Englishshould proofread it.
This class was a religious experience for me ... I had to take it all on faith.
The recitation instructor would make a good parking lot attendant. Tries to tell you where to go, but you can never understand him.
Problem sets are a decoy to lure you away from potential exam material.
Recitation was great. It was so confusing that I forgot who I was, where I was, and what I was doing - it's a great stress reliever.
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Grady County Child Abuse Reports 250 2nd Avenue Southeast Cairo GA 39828 41.4 miles from Donalsonville 229-377-3154
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Child, Family, and Youth Services are services offered by state, county, and local governments that assist children, youth, and families. These services can include efforts to end youth homelessness, programs to prevent adolescent pregnancy, and services to prevent violence against children. Child, Family, and Youth Services Offices also offer early childhood services, including childcare support, family nutrition programs, and support for children with developmental delays. In some locations, Child, Family, and Youth Services Offices also manage foster care and adoption services.
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There are days when all of us miss our work in the public schools. But when I hear stories about working under the deeply flawed mandates of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), I am thankful that my time in the classroom ended when it did.
Some of my favorite teaching memories happened when I set aside my lesson plan if something I hadn't intended to spend time on got my students thinking and talking. I believe I did some of my best work as a teacher when I helped bring the "ah-ha" moments into being.
Our colleagues teaching today can't often allow themselves to stray from lesson plans, since they must constantly concern themselves with how their students will perform on always looming high-stakes tests. It's distressing how much the interaction between educators and students suffers in the NCLB environment. I know of teachers who have had to stop reading to students in class so they have more time for teaching to the test.
Now's the time for educators and their allies to take a stand. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)—the current version of which is NCLB—is up for reauthorization this year. NEA's Positive Agenda for ESEA Reauthorization asks Congress for three fundamental changes to the law: 1) Use more than test scores to measure student learning and school performance; 2) Reduce class size; 3) Increase the number of highly qualified teachers.
We may not be in the schools every day, but we can help improve teaching and learning conditions. Go to NEA's Web site to read about the Positive Agenda and our ESEA legislative priorities, and send a letter to your members of Congress demanding these common-sense changes to ESEA.
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A woman who was an international dancing champion when she was a child was very determined to get her teaching qualifications – despite being pregnant with her third child.
And Lisa Dobson is looking forward to passing on her knowledge to adults and children as she has set up new classes in Morpeth.
The Kirkhill resident, married to Andrew Dobson, started dancing at the age of five and she was very successful in various competitions with her dance partner.
They impressed at various venues across the UK, including the prestigious Blackpool Tower Ballroom.
Lisa is very excited about her new challenge, especially as the classes have been years in the making.
She said: "Becoming a dance teacher has taken a bit longer than expected as life got in the way.
"But I'm pleased with how it has worked out because I have three wonderful boys – Hayden, eight, Jack, two and Elliott, 12 weeks – and I feel that I'm in a really good place to concentrate on teaching.
"Even though I was pregnant with Elliott, I decided that I didn't want to put getting my qualifications on hold again. Although it meant I had to do my final practical assessment in July when 36 weeks' pregnant, I'm glad I did them.
"Anyone who is a dancer can teach people the various styles and moves, but being fully qualified means that you can put your students through the medal tests and grades.
"I want to pass on what I was taught to others. I have such a passion for what I do and I'm looking forward to teaching people new skills."
Her classes for adults will have a social element to begin with and those who wish to take their dancing more seriously can move on to spin-off groups.
Of her success as a child, the 33-year-old said: "I was competing by the age of seven and a year later, I was paired up with Christopher.
"We were at the same school and dance school, so we lived in each other's pockets over the following six years.
"We did really well across the UK and were ranked in the top three in Britain for the Latin style at various stages between the ages of nine and 15. This meant we could compete abroad and we were victorious in the Italian championships.
"For me, the highlight was being part of a UK team that won a world team competition at Blackpool Tower. Britain hadn't won this competition for quite a few years, so it was a really big achievement.
"Christopher stopped competing when we were 15 and I carried on dancing for a few years, but didn't take part in any competitions, before deciding to take a few years out."
The break for Lisa was extended as a result of having her first child. Soon after taking up dancing again, being paired up with Stuart Hatton for a show was to prove useful.
They became great friends and as well as doing a range of shows – such as charity events – together, she enjoyed a spell as an assistant dance teacher at The Hatton Academy of Dance & Arts in South Shields.
The dance school, which specialises in all popular dance styles, was founded by Wendy Hatton, Stuart's mum. She is the school principle and director and her son, a head choreographer and trainer, is also part of the team.
Lisa said: "My time at the academy has been extremely valuable and Stuart encouraged me to get the necessary qualifications to set up my own classes."
She has found a couple of town venues for the sessions, which will cover ballroom and Latin styles.
Saturday afternoons will be for adults and children and Monday evenings will be for adults only.
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By 2006 Andrew and I had been working in the same bar for a couple of years, and we'd been together for three. We heard of a local pub that had come up for sale in Whitby, North Yorkshire, and decided to run our own business. We finally took over in January 2007. We had a lot to learn about running a business and about working and living together 24/7. That was tough, working and living together in one building the whole time. We annoyed each other (sometimes on purpose), we argued, and lost our tempers but the good times far outweighed the bad. We rebranded the existing pub with cask ales and live music and we got busy fast. We were proud to win numerous awards and we were in the perfect place to celebrate. We've hosted weddings, festivals, birthdays and a few seances in the cellar! The BBC even used our pub to report on the gay marriage vote. We have planned and executed all this together. We have stayed up all night painting the walls, worked together on the bar without killing each other and I have let Andrew fix blocked toilets alone for the past 10 years. Seriously though, it's always been a joint effort and I know that I could never have done it without Andrew. I rely on him to be cool headed when I am an erratic monster. I've learnt so much about our relationship and we are strong enough to face anything the world throws at us.


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When are School Open Houses and Curriculum Nights in Utica for the 2014-2015 School Year?
When are the open houses and curriculum nights scheduled for the Utica School District in the 2014-2015 academic year?
Below is the list for the Utica City School District:
Albany Elementary: Wednesday, September 17th 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Columbus Elementary: Tuesday, September 16th 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Conkling Elementary: Tuesday, September 16th 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Donovan Middle School: Monday, September 29th 6:00pm
Gen. Herkimer Elementary: Tuesday, September 23rd 6:00pm
Hughes Elementary: Thursday, October 2nd 6:00pm
Jefferson Elementary: Wednesday, September 24th 6:00pm
Jones Elementary: Wednesday, September 17th 5:30 - 7:30pm
Kennedy Middle School: Wednesday, September 17th 6:00pm
Kernan Elementary: Wednesday, September 17th 6:00pm - 7:00pm
King Elementary: Wednesday, September 17th 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Proctor High School: Wednesday, October 1st 4:30pm to 6:30pm
Watson Williams Elementary: Tuesday, September 16th 5:00pm - 7:00pm
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By rights, today should be a national holiday, a New Year and Harvest Festival combined, for it sees the appearance on sale of the early apple crop, a very British event. Between them, Sainsbury's and Tesco, which are putting the variety Discovery on the shelves, account for more than half the home-grown apples sold. Waitrose joins in this weekend.
Apples are something at which Britain excels. As the crop arrives 10 days earlier than in 2012, researchers are finding, as we report today, that variations in the climate are making apples sweeter but softer. That is not a good combination. Crispness with a pleasing sharpness is a British speciality, although with 1,900 kinds in the national collection orchards at Brogdale, Kent, there's room for choice. Our apples are what cheese is to the French: an expression of local loyalty. All we need do is reach out and take our pick.


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In a previous post, I told you how my mom's crystal chandelier was the motivating force behind converting my decor to cottage style. Once I made the decision to redecorate, I was excited and anxious to get the chandelier hung so my dining room was the first room to get a cottage makeover.
The photo below was my inspiration photo for furniture.
It certainly is not a conventional dining room look. And maybe it is more suited for a patio, as shown here, but there was something about the mix of the wrought iron chairs with the painted white table that I really liked. It was definitely quite a departure from the obsessively matchy-matchy decorating I had always done in the past.
My dining and living rooms are open to one another so I also reasoned if I used wrought iron chairs in the dining room they would coordinate nicely with the wood and wrought iron coffee and end tables I already had in my living room…and wanted to keep.
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The photograph to the right of this text is of one of my regular customers nails before I performed the gel infill treatment. The application of black UV gel I did three weeks before this photo was taken. You can clearly see a small gap that has formed from her natural nail growth, and this is the part that needs to be 'infilled'. UV gel nail is extremely durable and provides a long lasting finish, as this photo proves!
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Scientific detective stories are a lot of fun. So I was intrigued by this article by Tom Bartlett in the Chronicle of Higher Education about a famous case in the history of psychology that is apparently well known to psychologists but was unknown to me. It has many of the elements that make for a gripping tale.
It concerns the identity of an infant known in the literature as Little Albert who was the subject of an experiment in behavioral conditioning where the infant was made to become fearful of animals by repeatedly making a loud sound just when an animal appears. Grainy video footage exists of the experiment conducted in 1919 and 1920 by psychologist John Watson, a founder of the field of behavioral psychology, whose career was later abruptly ended by scandal.
The real identity of that baby has long intrigued students of psychology. Who was he? What happened to him? Did Watson really saddle the poor kid with a lifelong terror of animals?
Those questions were long thought to be unanswerable. Watson provided relatively scant biographical detail in his notes on the experiment, and he burned his papers before his death, leaving the curious without much to go on.
The ethically dubious experiment (deliberately instilling in an infant a fear of animals would be promptly disallowed by today's Institutional Review Boards) made it into psychology textbooks, prompting successive generations of students to be curious about who the baby was and what subsequently happened to him and whether he had a lifelong fear of animals. In 2001, some students prompted their professor to try and find the answers and he arrived at one conclusion but others doubted that he had got it right and their finger pointed in a different direction.
This is not an important question. Who the baby was has no real significance now since all the main players are dead. But I found it fascinating the way researchers set about trying to solve this little puzzle.


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I did this video the other day, I thought a change up would be great on my you-tube channel and blog from music to hair and make up. :) By the way if you do not have curly hair the hair part might not be that informative. But the hair style I show can be done with any type of hair! So do watch that part which is at the beginning of the video. The make up routine is the second half of the video. I am sorry its 18 minutes long! If you watch the whole thing brownie points for you. ;)
At the end I just share a little bit of what the Lord is teaching me from His WORD and my life right now. I also exhort you guys younger than me to pursue Christ even if He seems distant. So watch that young ladies if you get to the end or you can just fast forward to the end. ;)
God bless and I am going on vacation! So see you all next week.
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Annual, perennial herb, shrub, glabrous to hairy, generally aromatic
Stems generally erect, generally 4-angled
Leaves generally simple to deeply lobed, opposite, generally gland-dotted
Inflorescence: cyme, generally clustered around stem, head-like, separated by evident internodes (terminal in Monardella ) or collectively crowded, spike-like to panicle-like (sometimes raceme or flowers 212); subtended by leaves or bracts; flowers sessile or pedicelled
Flower generally bisexual; calyx generally 5-lobed, radial to bilateral; corolla generally bilateral, 12-lipped, upper lip entire or 2-lobed, ± flat to hood-like, sometimes 0, lower lip generally 3-lobed; stamens generally 4, generally exserted, paired, pairs unequal, sometimes 2, staminodes 2 or 0; ovary superior, generally 4-lobed to base, chambers 2, ovules 2 per chamber, style 1, arising from center at junction of lobes, stigmas generally 2
Fruit: nutlets 4, generally ovoid to oblong, smooth
Genera in family: ± 200 genera, 5500 species: worldwide. Many cultivated for herbs, oils (Lavandula , lavender; Mentha , mint; Ocimum , basil; Rosmarinus , rosemary; Thymus , thyme), some cultivated as ornamental (in CA Cedronella , Leonotis , Phlomis )
Reference: [Cantino & Sanders 1986 Syst Bot 11:163185]
Annual, perennial herb, ± gland-dotted
Leaves entire to serrate
Inflorescence: heads 1 or more per main stem, sometimes arrayed in spikes or panicles; bracts in 23 series (outer series (0)12 pairs, ± like leaves, 0several mm below heads, erect to reflexed; middle series 24 pairs, like leaves to papery or leathery, sometimes straw-colored to purple, erect in cup-like involucre to reflexed; inner series 0few pairs, membranous, linear-lanceolate)
Flower: calyx 5-lobed, generally < 12 mm; corolla white to purple, upper lip erect, 2-lobed, lower lip recurved, 3-lobed; stamens 4; style unequally 2-lobed
Species in genus: ± 20 species: w North America
Etymology: (Latin: small Monarda )
Reference: [Epling 1925 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 12:1106]
Complex; hybrids common, often outnumbering non-hybrids; head width and bract orientation given for unpressed specimens
Horticultural information: often DFCLT. Many subsp., subspp., or populations have exacting soil requirements.
Perennial, matted to tufted, rhizomedSee the CNPS Inventory for information about endangerment and rarity.
Stem decumbent, 1030 cm; hairs spreading, long, soft, some glandular
Leaf < 10 mm, narrowly to triangular-ovate; margin wavy, generally ± entire, less often ± serrate; hairs dense, long, wavy, glandular on lower surface
Inflorescence: head 1020 mm wide; outer bracts like leaves or not; middle bracts ± erect, ± in cup-like involucre, short, ovate, green to straw, rose-tinged or not
Flower: calyx hairs dense; corolla lavender to pale rose
Ecology: Subalpine forests
Elevation: 25003500 m.
Bioregional distribution: s High Sierra Nevada.
Hybridizes with M. odoratissima subsp. pallida, M. linoides.
Horticultural information: DRN: 15, 16, 17 &SHD: 7 &IRR: 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23.


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I meet Tumblr whizz-kid David Karp
There's a joke running around about social media: Facebook is how you want people to see you, Twitter is how you see yourself; Tumblr is - "Hey look! Funny cat picture meme!"
If so David Karp has raised a heck of a lot of money on the back of funny cat pictures. The 26-year-old who invented Tumblr is currently burning through $125m of venture capital in his quest to make Tumblr, at some point, make money.
"It started pretty modestly," he says, "I had tried to set up blogs, I tried to tweet, used Flickr and Delicious, I wanted something that allowed me to be more expressive, to present myself in a way I was proud of."
So Karp, who had dropped out of high school and went straight into the digital media business in his teens, built Tumblr.
If you are wondering what Tumblr is you are probably a) over 24 b) not involved with Occupy Wall Street c) not a member of the teenage-girl-nail-art subculture. And you have no idea what social curating is.
Curating is the new buzzword in the media: it even worked its way into the recent mission statement of BBC boss George Entwistle.
So… curating is somewhere between creating and consuming: you pull together stuff you like, photos, animated GIFs, YouTube videos, quotes. Much as modern dance music is made up of samples, and postmodern art made up of "found" objects, re-assembled by the artist, Tumblr is about using the found to say something different.
"Even if you're not the guy who gets in front of the camera and plays guitar," says Karp, "you can still express a point of view, be creative, through the stuff that you select."
"At the core we have this community of millions of creators who make the stuff - and around them this big web of tens of millions of curators, people who are slicing and dicing it into little channels, blogs full of the stuff they care deeply about. And they have this big audience of 150 million people who show up every month who can find the content organised into channels that can be so nuanced, thoughtful and specific."
As millions of people share similar content, what digital theorists call "memes" are created. Common themes, images, sayings etc that define the zeitgeist and proliferate, morph etc.
Tumblr is an extraordinary powerful amplifier of memes: instead of posting, say, a funny cat picture to Facebook, I will reblog it from somebody else - getting on the bandwagon, so to speak. But then my page may contain two or three entirely separate bandwagons. Probably the best known meme originating on Tumblr in the past year was the "We are the 99%" stories from Occupy Wall Street.
If I look at my own Tumblr account - I've had one since an art activist called @spitzenprodukte told me doomily "Facebook is over" - it does not quite conform to the anti-narcissist joke I began with.
So my meme creation tends to involve: Liza Minnelli (I know), dance numbers featuring Rita Hayworth (I said I know!). That's alongside Gettysburg the movie and numerous Northern Soul tracks, photos of Frida Kahlo, Manhattan in the 1950s and - big error this - a GPOY.
GPOY stands for "gratuitous photos of yourself" and is more or less obligatory on Facebook but deeply uncool on Tumblr.
Other stuff I've posted includes graphs of Spanish debt; blogs the BBC system was too, er, analogue to accept on a Sunday morning.
What has caused Tumblr to take off is the relative difficulty of achieving this level of narcissism (or self-expression) even on the uber-platform Facebook.
Says Karp: "We're giving them tools to make create an identity they can be really proud of; you do it on a page you can control completely. No two Tumblr blogs look alike."
And the Tumblr demographic is seen as politically significant. Though it has only 150 million users - compared with Facebook's one billion - there is a different emotional intensity, and a cliquishness: very few people find their grannies and aunties, or old school friends in their Tumblr social network. It's more likely to be people who share the same obsessions.
Tumblr, anecdotally, is in America at least not just quite young but quite working class: there's a lot of tattoos, piercings, trailer lifestyles. There is a troubling amount of self-disdain: it's easy to summon up a screen full of anorexic young women, people suffering depression, graphic images about teenage self-harm. And of course pornography.
But despite the sleazy - or is it just brutally honest - side of Tumblr, this critical demographic reach has brought campaign managers from both sides of the US presidential race onto the platform.
I ask Karp what the content posted on Tumblr is telling us about the world:
"Ten years ago there were maybe hundreds of people creating digital content; I wanted to be one of those prolific people, with an identity and a presence. Today there are millions of people making stuff and putting it into the world: that's become part of our identity and it shouldn't be limited to people who fancy themselves writers, or who are particularly witty or talented: curation is a new, more accessible way to express yourself."
"We used to have a text blurb on our networks, the Geocities - a blank slate you hacked together; then MySpace where you had more structure but you could still hack it to pieces: it was ugly, but it was still very personal, if a little janky looking. Then we got Facebook and we left all that behind, everybody had the same vanilla page, in a big directory of other people."
Ultimately for Karp the challenge is to make money. There are reports that investors are getting antsy about the lack of a coherent business model.
He tells me his first aim is to keep the product simple: to allow the space itself to be a basic platform with third party developers (my own Tumblr blog front end cost me about £10 from a specialist designer, though most people opt for the free customised version).
"Our model is pretty simple: we have the attention of an audience of 150 million people - we're selling a little sliver of that attention to marketers. How you do this in a zen-like interface, it requires an enormous amount of care. You don't want to bolt on a button to your Kindle to make ads go away - so we have built advertising into the endemic features," Karp says.
But he believes the momentum is with the content creators. The smart phone is turning more of us into creators, even if - as we cluster around the same mass events using the vintage photo effects - a lot of our "creations" look exactly the same:
"All of this stuff is gated on the hardware: Apple and Google are pushing the hardware so far, so quickly... and as the creative horsepower moves faster and faster the software is going to explode: there is a whole ecosystem of creative apps. So what I am most excited about is what people are making."
Tumblr is going to face challenges over the use of other people's content, let alone censorship issues over the amount of porn, self-harm etc that presents itself on the simplest of searches.
But whatever happens commercially, Tumblr is yet another straw in the wind of the social media revolution.
MySpace went big, was bought by Rupert Murdoch and then declined. Facebook killed MySpace, went public at what looks like a massively over-valued price, and now faces big questions about how it will make money going forward.
Tumblr - and its rival "curating" platforms - are one clue as to what might, one day, if this is even thinkable, kill Facebook. Facebook, to me, is increasingly like a family living room at Christmas in the 1970s, with a lot of people I am supposed to be polite and friendly to.
Ultimately we are all, inside, still teenagers in our bedrooms, and Tumblr is like a bedroom wall where you can pin anything. And shut the door to keep your parents out.
Watch Paul Mason's full interview with David Karp on Newsnight on Thursday 1 November 2012 at 10.30pm on BBC Two, then afterwards on the BBC iPlayer and Newsnight website.


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Would you like being a Business Intelligence Developer in the healthcare industry?
Working on the private side of the NHS is something you would enjoy?
If you answered yes to these questions, this job might be for you!
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You would have the opportunity to manipulate large data sets in a lot of ways, especially to consolidate several streams and produce automated reports for the business.
The private entity is supporting the NHS and decided to improve the way they handle data and make use of it. With a lot of greenfield project to come, this role promises to be a very interesting one for a BI dev happy to take on challenges.
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You would be working as a developer, however this business aims at putting their developers in connection with other members of staff within the company. The BI Lead is happy to take a collaborative approach and to allow you to communicate with a variety of stakeholders.
Not based in Bristol but very commutable, this place is at half an hour trip from the city centre.
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The two genera in this account, both non-natives, are treated in their traditional circumscription. Molecular data have shown that Eichhornia currently is paraphyletic, Pontederia L. and Monochoria C. Presl being embedded in it (Graham et al. 1998; see also Ness et al. 2011).
1 Leaves ovate, up to 8 cm long, leaf stalk inflated (markedly swollen). Plant very rarely (never?) flowering outdoors in western Europe === Eichhornia
Leaves triangular to narrowly ovate, up to 25 cm long, leaf stalks long, never swollen. Plant normally flowering in western Europe === Pontederia
Eckenwalder J.E. & Barrett S.C.H. (1986) Phylogenetic systematics of Pontederiaceae. Syst. Bot. 11: 373-391. [available online at: http://labs.eeb.utoronto.ca/barrett/pdf/schb_49.pdf]
Graham S.W., Kohn J.R., Morton B.R., Eckenwalder J.E. & Barrett S.C.H. (1998) Phylogenetic congruence and discordance among one morphological and three molecular data sets from Pontederiaceae. Syst. Biol. 47: 545-567.
Nelson E.C. (1986) Pontederiaceae. In: Walters S.M. & al. (eds.), The European Garden Flora, vol. 1. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 331-332.
Ness R.W., Graham S.W. & Barrett S.C.H. (2011) Reconciling Gene and Genome Duplication Events: Using Multiple Nuclear Gene Families to Infer the Phylogeny of the Aquatic Plant Family Pontederiaceae. Mol. Biol. Evol. 28(11): 3009-3018. [available online at: http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/28/11/3009.full.pdf+html]


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San Antonio Spurs Surpassing Shaquille O'Neal-Kobe Bryant led Los Angeles Lakers According To Derek Fisher
Derek Fisher believes the Spurs are passing his old Laker team in terms of greatness … D-Fish also weighs in on the Shaq-Kobe break-up and what destroyed the Lakers … Read this story and give us your take …
Adrian Wojnarowski, a writer with Yahoo.com, reports on comparing the to his old Los Angeles Lakers:
Horry's old teammate with the Lakers, Derek Fisher, was in Cleveland to talk about an NBA Players Association initiative to feed one million people in Africa this summer. Yet, he had to sigh and make a concession about who truly had dominated the decade. San Antonio's four titles in nine years, the staying power of three in the past five, has sold Fisher on the Spurs.
"I hate to say it, but they're surpassing us," said Fisher, whose Jazz lost to San Antonio in the Western Conference finals. "They have become the class of the league."
Most agree that these Spurs are the best of San Antonio's four championship teams, and yet Horry doesn't believe they measure with the Lakers' 2001 title winner. "If I had to pick one team, it would be (2001) when we swept everyone except for Philly," Horry said. "That team was pretty awesome. It was like a locomotive coming through with no brakes."
Eventually, L.A. crashed. San Antonio has a selfless star in Tim Duncan who, at 31, has a chance to be the cornerstone of more championships. Parker and Ginobili understand they are complementary parts and embrace Duncan's greatness. And Horry said he never sees his Spurs teammates wearing rings. They never talk about titles, about where they fit into history. And most of all, there's never even a suggestion jealousy over the salary or stature of the superstar.
"Money hurt that (Lakers) team," Horry said. "It came down to this guy wanted this much money, that guy wanted this much money. Those two guys (Shaq and Kobe) wanted to be the top dog and forgot about the other guys. It all boiled down to money. Money is the root of all evil sometimes.
"Sometimes you can't see the forest through the trees. They didn't win that championship against Detroit (in 2004), and they said, 'OK, (Karl) Malone you're injured, bye. (Gary) Payton, you're too old, bye. Shaq, you want too much money, bye.' "
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Can you ever have enough beauty products? I think not. I'm stoked by all the awesome cruelty free products now on the market. Sephora is the beauty shop of choice for many people. They now carry a pretty significant selection of vegan beauty items. Here is a list of some of my favs. Also, don't forget to enter to win a $640 gift card to either Sephora or Ulta.
- Lavanila Vanilla Grapefruit Fragrance Lavanila is one of my favorite perfume brands. It is natural and their products are vegan friendly. All of their fragrances have vanilla as the base of the scent. I have and love both the vanilla grapefruit and vanilla passionfruit scents. They both smell fresh and slightly sweet. They have several great scents such as vanilla coconut, vanilla lavender and pure vanilla.
- Kat Von D Tattoo Liner Kat Von D makes a variety of vegan products. Word is that due to the fact she is now vegan, her entire line will eventually be vegan friendly. The first product that I tried from this line is the tattoo liner. I'm terrible at liquid liner and this is one of the easiest to use ones that I have found. It goes on smooth and stays put. I love that it is a marker because it makes it so much easier to control. It's a great product and I can't wait to try some other items in the collection.
- Jack Black Turbo Wash Let's not neglect the boys. Sometimes they need their beauty products too. Jack Black makes a ton of vegan friendly products. My boyfriend is a fan of this body wash as well as several other Jack Black items. The collection includes a variety of grooming products that are great quality and smell fresh and masculine.
- Cover FX Total Cover Cream Foundation I'm so glad to have found his brand. CoverFX makes vegan friendly products that are actually good for your skin. It is one of the highest quality cruelty free brands that I found. This makes them a great option for anyone trying to transition away from designer brands that test on animals. They specialize in face makeup such as primer, foundation, concealer and anything else you need to have flawless skin.
- Herbivore Pink Clay Soap How can I not like this brand with a name like that? I've only recently discovered this line. I purchased this clay soap, a lip gloss and some bath salts. All of the items are cruelty free, vegan, and free of harsh chemicals. What's not to love?
- Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara Vegan mascara can be hard to find. A lot of natural and otherwise vegan brands use beeswax in their formulas. Also, some of the vegan mascaras out there are very light and fail to provide the full lash look many are looking for. This one is easy to apply and makes your lashes dark and full. I use this product whenever I want a more dramatic or done up look.
- Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tar This is another all great vegan brand. They specialize primarily in lip and nail products. The lip tar provides great shine and just the right amount of color. The thing that I love most is that it comes with a little brush. This makes it easier to apply without making your hands a sticky mess.
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Shane Charles John, of Chatsworth, passed away suddenly on May 16, 2013. He was 37.
Shane was born in Bucks County, and had been a longtime Chatsworth resident. He was a 1993 graduate of BCS. Shane enjoyed four wheeling, riding dirt bikes, working on cars, going to concerts, fishing in New York with his family and he loved mustangs.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Florence Christina McIntyre. Shane is survived by his children, Mercedes John, Rhianna Patrick, and Joshua Patrick; his granddaughter, Myah John; his father, Richard Allen John; and his brother and sister-in-law, Sean John and Sandra Hamilton.
A celebration of Shane's life will be from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday June 1, at the Lee Funeral Home, 317 High Street, Mount Holly, N.J. Lee Funeral Home
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How to create a camping checklist
Going camping is always an adventure we look forward to. Most beginning campers hardly know what to expect when they go on the road, which is to say that they often come unprepared. Over the years, we've met people who were anything but ready for their camping goals. I've always wondered how people can get on the road without taking some basic supplies. Apparently, one can never get too reckless.
One thing I have to tell you is that you need to make sure you have everything organized while you're at home. It's better to be safe than sorry, they say, and I honestly couldn't agree more. If you put together a camping checklist and you set a date for your next camping adventure, every day you'll add something to the list.
Of course, this doesn't mean that you have to carry your whole house with you. What I'm trying to say is that it is important to differentiate the things that are truly essential and can help you survive and those you can just as well do without. Make a list of the camping sites you'll stay at, especially if you want to travel with your motorhome.
Your checklist should contain things like the people you travel with and their particular needs, the food you need to bring along, as well as all the gear that is necessary for you to feel reassured that everything will go as planned. I mentioned your co-travelers because their requirements might be different, and I am definitely not referring to personal preferences. For example, one of your family members might be allergic to nuts while a friend of yours might be lactose-intolerant. It would be a very good idea to make a list of foods and gear that are all based on these particular aspects.
In terms of gear, you'll have to bring extra blankets, chairs, lanterns, batteries, flashlights, repair kits for your mattress, tent, or tarp, as well as a sleeping bag for every camper. The most important piece you'll have to bring along is your tent, and it should be accompanied by stakes and poles, as well as a footprint.
Personal items can range from sunscreen to prescription medication, toiletries, and good old soap. Clothes can be split into those destined for daytime and sleepwear. Make sure you bring some protective equipment, as well, just in case the weather turns sour. Always carry a pair of gloves with you and several extra layers. You wouldn't want to freeze in the middle of the night, would you?
As for kitchen-related items, the sky's the limit. If you have plenty of space, you can bring all sorts of cups and gadgets, including cutting boards, foil, tablecloth, corkscrews, and anything you know you're going to use. A portable stove comes in handy, as well, because you're likely to grow tired of all the canned food at some point or the other. Make sure to bring some fuel, too.


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Bachelor of Arts in Social Welfare
Since 1942 Berkeley Social Welfare has offered the undergraduate major in Social Welfare leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree, under the jurisdiction of the College of Letters and Science ("L&S").
The Social Welfare undergraduate major emphasizes an educational experience that is grounded in the liberal arts rather than specialized training in the profession of social work–thus its designation as a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree, and not the professional Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree.
Berkeley Social Welfare's undergraduate major reflects our goal to provide Berkeley undergraduate students with a broad-based introduction to America's social welfare problems and social policies within a social science context. Students gain knowledge of organized networks of public and private social services, and the basic practice methods associated with the social work profession. In doing so, students acquire the knowledge needed to understand, address, and actively participate in the amelioration of critical social problems in American Society.
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The Arizona Cardinals are the first NFC team to land on PFT's preseason power rankings countdown coming in at No. 29 on the list. After a 4-0 start to the 2012 season with wins over Seattle and on the road at New England, the Cardinals lost 11 of their final 12 games to finish the season with a 5-11 record.
The four wins to start the year speaks to the talent that still remains on the Cardinals roster. The ensuing 12 weeks highlighted just how badly the Cardinals' offensive line and quarterback positions hindered their ability to compete the remainder of the year. There is potential for the team to take a significant jump forward with improved quarterback play and a more consistent offensive line.
However, six games against Seattle, San Francisco and St. Louis along with playing the AFC and NFC South will provide a difficult schedule for the Cardinals to navigate. Here's our take on where the Cardinals stand entering the season.
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Glad you asked! Cesar Chavez, in my opinion, is the closest thing to a Saint that we've ever had in this country. I met and spoke with the great man a couple of times in his too-short life. Here's a treasured letter that Cesar wrote to me in support of my work on animal welfare issues. A disciple of Gandhi, Chavez cared about ALL of life, not just farm workers. (Copies available upon request - see email below.)
"December 26, 1990
P.O. Box 20184
Oakland, CA 94620
ATT: Eric Mills, Coordinator
Dear Mr. Mills:
Our society is becoming increasingly concerned about the welfare of animals, both wild and domestic, and rightfully so. The welfare of animals used and/or abused in the entertainment industry deserves special scrutiny.
There is great need for legislation to ensure the humane treatment of animals employed in rodeos, and I would certainly support any such bills. I understand that most rodeos don't even require that a veterinarian be present—this seems the very least we owe the animals, who are participants through no choice of their own.
Kindness and compassion towards all living things is a mark of a civilized society. Conversely, cruelty, whether it is directed against human beings or against animals, is not the exclusive province of any one culture or community of people.
Racism, economic deprival, dog fighting and cock fighting, bullfighting and rodeos are cut from the same fabric: violence.
Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well ourselves.
Cesar E. Chavez
Words to live by. Unbeknownst to most of his followers, Chavez was a vegetarian for ETHICAL reasons, as was his elderly mother before she died (or so he told me).
Now let's see that Cesar Chavez gets the National Holiday he so richly deserves.
Si se puede!
Eric Mills, coordinator
Oakland, CA
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We meet at: 10.45am Sunday mornings and 6pm on Sunday evenings
Where: Duke Street, Norwich,
Worship: Worship involves the whole service, singing, praying, reading the bible, listening to the message and learning more about our loving God.
Music: The music is a mix of hymn singing and contemporary worship music. Sometimes we have organ accompaniment, sometimes it's a full band with drums. NCBC is very blessed with a talented range of musicians and, as a result, we enjoy a wide range of music styles and singing.
Sermons: The teaching at NCBC is bible based and centres on the Word of God. You may have heard it called a 'Sermon'. After the sermon, there is always a time for reflection, response and sharing. If you have missed a sermon series or you would like to listen again, click here.
Communion: is usually celebrated on the first Sunday morning and third Sunday evening of each month.
Youth: Youth groups run alongside the morning service in separate rooms. The church youth work caters for babies through to 16 year olds. There is also a youth group for 9-14 year olds during the evening service. For more information on NCBC youth go to: Children and Youth
Visitors: We welcome all visitors and there is always a welcome team at the door who will show you in if this is your first visit. Please do come along and join us on a Sunday, it would be great to see you. Stay for coffee, tea, biscuits afterwards and meet some new people.
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text: Staying on top of a fitness plan while pregnant makes all of the difference in your energy levels, mood and well-being. This is not the time to push boundaries or go hard in the paint. As long as you listen to your body, most workouts are perfectly safe. Here's an example of some simple workouts to do at home throughout your entire pregnancy. As you progress further into your pregnancy, modify your moves as needed.


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"This is a story of what I was, not what I am": First Edition of Robert Graves' Good-Bye to All That; Signed by Him
Good-Bye To All That.
Graves, Robert.
Item Number: 74021
London: Jonathan Cape, 1929.
First edition, first issue of Graves' classic autobiography with Siegfried Sassoon's poem on pp. 341-343. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece of Graves, illustrated with maps and photographs. Signed by Robert Graves on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Len Lye. Photography by Alfred Cracknell. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Good-Bye to All That bids farewell not only to England and his English family and friends, but also to a way of life. Tracing his upbringing from his solidly middle-class Victorian childhood through his entry into the war at age twenty-one as a patriotic captain in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, this dramatic, poignant, often wry autobiography goes on to depict the horrors and disillusionment of the Great War, from life in the trenches and the loss of dear friends, to the stupidity of government bureaucracy and the absurdity of English class stratification. Paul Fussell has hailed it as "the best memoir of the First World War."


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