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Why read aloud?
When reading aloud, you are giving your child a gift of your undivided attention, adding a peaceful moment to your stressful schedule, opening doors to a world of possibilities, and setting the stage for a lifelong love of learning. You are also giving your child essential pre-reading skills. As you read aloud to your child, each of these vital skills will slip into your child's knowledge. See the Pre-Reading Skills Booklists page for titles that focus on the individual skills described below.
Emergent Literacy
Emergent literacy is what children know about reading and writing before they can actually read or write. Emergent literacy skills are the building blocks of reading and writing. From birth through the preschool years, children develop knowledge of spoken language, the sounds that form words, letters, writing, and books. Children need this knowledge to be able to learn to read and write later in life.
Your child's vocabulary is the collection of words he or she can understand. There is a direct correlation between the size and richness of kindergartners' vocabularies and their school success. Books will introduce more than three times the number of words to your child than television and everyday conversation. After all, when was the last time you turned to someone and used the words "exclaimed" or "replied" in a sentence?
Print Awareness
Print awareness is the knowledge that the print on a page is what is being read by someone who knows how to read. Print awareness is also the understanding that a written language follows basic rules. In English, these rules include text flowing from top to bottom and left to right. A child who is beginning to acquire this skill might point to words on the page while a caregiver is reading a story.
Narrative Skills
Narrative skills include being able to understand and tell stories and being able to describe things. A child with this skill can explain what he or she did at the zoo or retell a book you read together.
Letter Knowledge
Letter knowledge is understanding that letters are different from each otherthat each letter has a name and its own sound. Learning the alphabet is most important, yet activities like finding certain letters in signs and words or playing with magnetic letters can also encourage letter knowledge.
Print Motivation
Print motivation is a child's interest in and enjoyment of books. A child with good print motivation enjoys being read to, pretends to read and write, and likes trips to the library and bookstore.
Phonological Sensitivity
Phonological sensitivity is the ability to hear and manipulate the smaller sounds in words. This understanding helps children break the code between written language and spoken language. Examples of phonological sensitivity are the ability to tell if words rhyme, the ability to put two words together to make one word ("cow" + "boy"), and the ability to say words with sounds or parts left out (what is bat without the "buh" sound?). When a child makes up silly words by changing a part or sound, such as saying: "milk," "nilk," "pilk," "rilk," etc., he or she shows the beginnings of phonological sensitivity. Build this skill by reading stories that rhyme to your child.
Dialogic Reading
Dialogic reading will enhance many pre-reading skills in your reader-to-be. It will expand your child's vocabulary. As you encounter new words together, you can talk about them. Take clues from the page, and make a game of figuring them out. It will enhance narrative skills. Let your toddler finish "reading" the story. Ask him or her what the characters might do after the story is over. Have your child try out all those new words! It will encourage print motivation. Books are fun! There is always something new you can do with the book each time you read it.


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Eligibility Proposals are welcomed from investigators with diverse backgrounds and at varying career levels worldwide. Investigators must be affiliated with a university, agency, or research center that meets the same eligibility criteria that apply to NIH funding.
Due March 18
Budget Up to $30,000
Summary This grant supports novel, rigorous projects that utilize systems science concepts and framework, but not necessarily system science models or analyses, to understand the environmental mechanisms driving childhood obesity, and can lead to the development or confirmation of effective interventions to prevent or reduce childhood obesity. Research will be funded through a Rapid Response funding mechanism, and will only support opportune pilot and feasibility projects that might not be fundable via the regular NIH review cycles. Collaboration with a JHGCCO-affiliated investigator is required.
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You're angry at the replacement officials. The Green Bay Packers are angry at the replacement officials. Kyle Shanahan is angry at the replacement officials. Barack Obama is angry at the replacement officials. And, yes, even though they're not allowed to discuss it, the NFL coaches are angry too. Here are photos of all the coaches being angry.
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- For similar articles see Lannister soldier.
- "Loras Tyrell? He's prettier than the queen."
- ―Rennick
Rennick is a minor character in the second season. He is played by guest star David Fynn and only appears in "Garden of Bones."
Rennick is a soldier on sentry duty at the camp of the Lannister forces commanded by Ser Stafford Lannister on their way to reinforce Tywin Lannister's army in the Riverlands.
Season 2
He is on duty with a Lannister guardsman at the perimeter of Stafford Lannister's camp prior to the Battle of Oxcross. They debate on who is the greatest swordsman in the Seven Kingdoms. He argues against Ser Gregor Clegane who is big rather than skilled, and Ser Loras Tyrell who is just too pretty, though he does give credit to "our man Jaime, if he ever gets out".
They both hear that the horses are spooked, but they aren't too concerned. Then he hears something and walks out into the darkness. The other guardsman follows hesitantly. When Rennick starts to draw his sword the man thinks they are being attacked, but Rennick merely passes gas and starts laughing at him.
As Rennick stops to urinate, the guardsman sees that the horses are getting more upset not less, but Rennick is not paying attention until the man screams his name. Rennick looks up just in time to see the direwolf Grey Wind leaping out of the darkness at him. In the subsequent attack by the Stark army the camp is taken completely by surprise and the Lannister army is annihilated.
The next morning the camera pans across the battlefield, showing Rennick's body lying on the ground. He has lost part of his face.[1]
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The X.Org Endless Vacation of Code (EVoC)
For the last several years, X.Org was a participating mentoring organization in Google's most excellent Summer of Code (GSoC) program. This program provides approximately US$5000 to students to spend their summer developing code for an open source project. Each student proposes a project and is matched with an organization mentor who guides and evaluates the work. GSoC was great for X.Org; we saw more than a dozen students through it, and some of these students went on to be extremely active contributors to X.Org.
However, for whatever reason some students with good project proposals who would like to participate in GSoC have been unable to do so. Typically, this was because Google funded fewer high-quality GSoC proposals than we had available in a given year, or because the rigid timing of GSoC was entirely incompatible with a student's calendar.
Rather than lose out on getting students working on X, the X.Org Foundation Board voted in 2008 to initiate a program known as the X.Org Endless Vacation of Code (EVoC) program. The basic terms and conditions of this program are quite similar to Google's GSoC. The key differences are that:
- an EVoC mentorship can be initiated at any time during the calendar year,
- the Board can fund as many of these mentorships as it sees fit.
We will also consider a broader range of proposals than GSoC: technical documentation is a specific area of interest for us.
A proposal will typically be for a period of three to four months of contiguous nearly-full-time work, and will be funded at the US$5000-$6000 level, with an initial payment and further payments upon completion of project milestones. The proposal should include a detailed proposed scope of work and schedule; see the X.Org GSoC Application page for more information about writing successful proposals. Proposals must acquire a lead mentor from the X.Org technical community in order to be accepted; if the student can help identify this person early, that will increase their chance of success.
Non-students may also participate in EVoC. Application and participation for non-students is the same as for students, with one exception: non-students will not be paid. The X.Org Foundation believes that paying non-students to help develop X leads to a variety of problems, not least of which is complicating the non-profit status of the Foundation. For EVoC purposes, a student is someone who is a half-time or more college or university student during, immediately before or immediately after their EVoC period. Secondary school students 18 years of age or older are also eligible; sadly, it is legally complicated to pay younger students.
Students are welcome to either come up with an idea on their own or work up a proposal for an idea suggested by someone else. Lists of ideas that existing developers have come up with can be found at ToDo and Ideas.
Hanging out on the irc channels (listed below) and talking with people there is an excellent way to flush out ideas and/or possible mentors.
Students need to have at least a basic understanding of the following:
- mailing lists
- irc (graphics developers use irc.freenode.net #xorg-devel,#xorg, #dri-devel, #nouveau and #wayland to name a few.)
- gcc
- git
- Be comfortable using a linux shell and command line
At the current time, X.Org Foundation member Matt Dew marcoz AT osource DOT org is the contact person for X.Org EVoC. All inquiries should be emailed to him, with a cc to board AT foundation DOT x DOT org.
In addition to GSoC requirements for the actual proposal there is:
- Applicants can show proof of university attendence, either immediately preceeding session, or immediately following session.
- Applicants must have a financial account, either checking or savings, in their own name, that is capable of wire transfers.
- Applicants must already be involved with the project and known to the community. (This requirement is so that the majority of project time is spent on the actual project, not on figuring out build systems, contributions rules, etc.)
- Applicants are in regular and close contact with their X.Org mentors.
- Applicants know their target programming language.
- Applicants has successfully upstreamed a simple patch to demonstrate they know the process.


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A hunt for wild, edible mushrooms led 15 people from across Southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia on a swampy hike through Ryerson Station State Park Sunday.
Richard Berkey, pastor of Rolling Meadows Church of God, in Waynesburg, will march down Route 21 in Franklin Township next month, and he's hoping thousands join him.
A Morgan Township man was arrested Friday by state police and charged with producing child pornography.
The Carmichaels man convicted in 2012 of sexually assaulting a teenage girl was resentenced last week and will be eligible for parole in August.
Wildflowers and warblers will be the big attraction this weekend at the annual Enlow Fork Spring Wildflower Walk along the county line between Greene and Washington.
The Heinz History Center is documenting the history of Jewish communities in the Pittsburgh area, including the once-vibrant one in Donora.
A Monessen man died in a car crash Thursday.
Charleroi Area School District will name its football stadium to honor pro football player Myron Pottios, who graduated from the district in 1957.
Staff from the office of state Rep. Peter J. Daley, D-California, will offer free help with any state program during outreach visits at three locations in May:
Road improvement projects are coming in Fallowfield Township.
Identical houses in rows were common in "coal patches." But where were these handsome houses built?
One person was being flown from the scene of a four-vehicle accident on Interstate 79 in Amwell Township late Sunday afternoon.
Debbie Campbell Evans took this photo of a blue heron getting a jump on trout season at Canonsburg Lake.
Area native Randy DonGiovanni addressed a mostly high school-age audience of about 150 during an assembly at Washington High School. The event wrapped up a week of assemblies at schools around the county during which DonGiovanni focused on bullying, drug addiction and self-mutilation.
Travel along with us for a look at a day in the life of a garbage collector.
It looks like some major improvements are in store for Ryerson Station State Park in Wind Ridge, judging from comments made by Park Manager Alan Johnson at a recent meeting of the group Friends of Ryerson Station State Park.
The Worldwide Web may have democratized information and given everyone their very own megaphone, but it's full of tripwires and booby traps for the easily hoodwinked, whether it's a great-grandmother handing over her nest egg to a grifter working out of a Jamaican sports bar or some...
Editorial voices from newspapers around the United States as compiled by the Associated Press:
Driving a school bus is no easy job. Kids by nature can be noisy and unruly, and driving safely amid such distraction requires skill and patience.
As elections go, the balloting Tuesday in Pennsylvania, and in this area, wasn't the most spine-tingling in history.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Harrison Heffley played nearly every sport that caught his interest during junior high and high school, from his dominant trade of baseball to basketball, football and even golf.
PITTSBURGH – Kenya's Kipkoech Ruto took the men's title in the Pittsburgh Marathon Sunday morning with a time of 2:17.27. Ethopia's Hailemaryam Ayantu Dakebo won the women's race in 2:42:47.
Barbetta wins first softball award at Tri-County Athletic Directors Coach of the Year Banquet.
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Ben Bishop stopped 34 shots and Alex Killorn scored with less than two minutes remaining Thursday night as the Tampa Bay Lightning advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 1-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings.
PITTSBURGH – The number of hits the Washington Capitals have tried to level on Pittsburgh Penguins through two contentious games in the Eastern Conference semifinals is not a surprise.
WASHINGTON (AP) – During their back-to-back Stanley Cup final runs in 2008 and 2009, the Pittsburgh Penguins knew all about what Brooks Orpik can do. The rugged, bruising defenseman's ability to play on the edge was a big part of the Penguins' playoff success for a long time.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Already down a game in their second-round playoff series, Kris Letang and the Pittsburgh Penguins suddenly were down a man, too, on Saturday night, when Olli Maatta was leveled by a high hit from Washington's Brooks Orpik less than five minutes in.
ARLINGTON, Va. – Step it up, Sidney Crosby. The Pittsburgh Penguins can't win this playoff series without you.
WASHINGTON — T.J. Oshie raised his arms in celebration and looked at referee Dan O'Rourke. Oshie was pretty sure he scored in overtime to complete a hat trick and one of the biggest games of his career.
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Clarence Mitchell, 49, is charged with larceny of a motor vehicle and driving while his license was revoked.
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Mitchell's bond was set at $7,000.
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The Liberty City Wrath are a professional American Football team in Liberty City in the GTA IV era.
- The team may be based the New York Giants or New York Jets. There is a football in the team logo, just like that of the Jets, with the team name written across it. The Liberty City Wrath's team colours are blue and white, much like the Giants. The Giants and Jets play in New Jersey, which the State of Alderney is based on, so the the Wrath may also play in Alderney state.
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The Porchesian Holocaust
From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
"My friend went to Porchesia, and I expected to get a lousy T-shirt and say: My friend went to Porchesia and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt... But he never came back...."
"But later there occurred violent edit wars and trolls; and in a single moment of utter misfortune, the island of Porchesia disappeared into the depths of the sea. Never before had an entire nation been abolished by the click of a mouse."
|Commonwealth of Porchesia
Coat of arms
Flag of Porchesia
|Official languages
|Arabic, English, Greek
|"Where did everyone go?"
|In exile
|Will be right back
|Sunni Islam
|Aquatic Dinars
|Opening hours
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Porchesia was a small Mediterranean island-nation, situated across from Syria and Lebanon and considered to be a Lebanese affiliated territory. Alas, due to cruel and unusual click of the mouse, it no longer exists. The fate of the island was decided by one named only as 'Danny' who, in one fell swoop, wiped out the whole island along with ordering his groceries online and watching videos on YouTube.
Imagine, if you please, sandy beaches, cocktails-happy-hour that stretches all throughout the day, scrumptious food, olive skinned women, tanned muscular men. Remember those days of bright blue water? The dolphins toying with you just off shore? Enormous pelicans? Nights filled with the staccato of Arabic music? Endless sky? Indigo sunsets?
They are no more.
The only place they now exist is within your head.
They were destroyed.
By Wikipedia.
Tired from years of civil wars, Zionist invasions, and Syrian despots, a group of the Levant's Elite gathered - intellectuals, scientists, ex-military leaders. Workers, models. House wives, miners, men of the cloth, men of the bathrobe. People of thought. People of matter. People of might. They all left, seeking for a better place to live the
American Lebanese dream. And they found it, and their little paradise, called Porchesia.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
Based on the French values of Freedom, Equality and Fraternity, the now self-named Porchesians created a Liberal democracy, where all men and women, young and old, pretty and prettier, are made equal. No one shall reign over his brother, sister or lover, unless specifically asked to do so while engrossed in a sexual act.
No currency is needed. All shall be taken care of. They feasted on the fish, the poultry, the seeds, the fruit. Paradise, did we say?
We did.
And what of the contact with the outside world, you say?
Sporadic at best. A few tourists, a few entrepreneurs, some retired third world dictators et al. Glorious solitude, heaven on earth. It was grand.
It was glorious.
It was a glitter on Earth's dusty existence.
And then,
It was wiped from existence by them.
The Wikipedia Holocaust
"I, a Wikipedian admin, by the power invested in me by Jimbo Wales, hereby declare this island-nation as null and void. Orbis terrarum est mei, etiamnunc non satis"
On September 30th, 2006 - the power that be, also known as the Wikipedious Adminatii has decided that such a serene place, such a paradise, such a benevolent form of existence, is a cosmic paradox - and must be wiped clean from earth's blackboard.
And so, with the punch of the mouse's left button, Porchesia was no more.
No more. Wiped from existence like a speck of dirt on the Queen's Rolls Royce.
Following the outrage the followed the destruction of the peaceful nation, Wikipedia officials claimed that no such place exists. Outcries by various UN agencies, the Lebanese government and helpless relatives, were to no avail. Nothing came across the gap of Wikipedia's colossal indifference.
Porchesia was no more
No more.
"For ten glorious months, 354,897 men, women, and children lived harmoniously on Porchesia, a jewel in the treasure box that was the Mediterranean. Not a word was heard from them; not a grudge was held. Then, they of whom we shall not speak ruthlessly expunged it with the simple click of a computer mouse. Do not feel sorry for these people, for neither have they existed, nor the island they lived on. Or did they? Perhaps, or not; we may never know."


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Raiders have caputured Leeds Rhinos Academy halfback Sean Casey on a 1 year deal
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Leeds Rhinos Academy half-back Sean Casey has become the latest new boy to add his name to the Craven Park roster for 2013.
The 19-year-old Ireland international has signed a one-year deal with Barrow, having come highly-recommended by Rhinos youth chief Barry McDermott.
The player himself revealed the news on Twitter yesterday afternoon, saying: "I have signed a one-year deal at Barrow Raiders for next season. Bring on Championship rugby league."
Raiders coach Darren Holt hopes the 6ft tall, 12 stone youngster will add another dimension in the middle of the park for Barrow and said: "We knew we needed another half-back.
"I did a lot of spadework on this position – in this division, if you look at the top teams, they have an experienced half-back who takes them round the pitch."Unfortunately, these players aren't grown on trees, especially up in Cumbria, so we have decided to go a different route.
"I've watched a lot of games where Sean has played, I've had an extensive chat with him and his dad – former Oldham and Ireland prop Leo – when they came up to talk to myself and Acky (assistant boss Phil Atkinson).
"I spoke to Barrie McDermott, who has been looking after him at Leeds, for half-an-hour about Sean and he had nothing but good reports about him in terms of attitude and training and everything.
"I've had loads of offers for loads of different half-backs and, from what I have seen, Sean was the way I wanted to go. That's testament to his talent already and hopefully we can add to that and help him progress.
"I see him as a very good signing for us going forward."
Casey is one of three half-backs now on the Barrow books for next season, alongside Liam Campbell and Scott Kaighan.
That pair are both in their mid-20s and will take on the senior roles in the middle of the park, with Casey offering something different.
"Sean is very, very vocal when he is on the pitch, he's confident and the whole point of him coming up here to be with us is that, with me being a half-back, hopefully I can help bring his game on," Holt added.
"I'm looking forward to working with him, as I'm sure Acky is as well.
"I look forward to him coming up and hopefully I can impart something to him and, depending on how things go, maybe he can become the man to guide the team around the pitch.
"We've told him the way we see things going forward and it looks like we have sold it Sean.
"He is committed to coming up here next year and hopefully he will keep progressing."
While they have landed Casey, Barrow missed out on a move to sign Oldham half-back Jamie Dallimore.
The 23-year-old has agreed new terms with the Roughyeds in Championship One next season, after turning down the chance to come up a division at Craven Park.
Holt confirmed he had held brief talks with Dallimore, but that it quickly became apparent that the former BARLA Great Britain international would not be joining the ranks for 2013.
"I did speak to Jamie very briefly and said we might well be interested in bringing him up here," the Barrow boss said.
"But it was clear, for a number of reasons, it wasn't going to happen. The travelling was always going to be an issue with him and after speaking with him it all went a bit quiet and he has ended up staying at Oldham."
"He's obviously a talented lad, he has just come up from the amateur ranks and he had a good season – hence why we were interested in him – but it was always going to be a bit of a trek for him to come up here and a bit of a pull."Now he's signed back for his local club, we wish him all the best."
l The majority of the 2012 squad will be in attendance for the club's end-of-season awards presentation tonight.
Out-of-town players James Dandy and Andy Ballard – the latter having signed for Swinton for next season – will make the trip up to Furness to join the locally-based contingent.
A number of awards will be handed out at the Nines, including the Player-of-the-Year, Supporters' Player-of-the-Year and the Evening Mail Player-of-the-Year."
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"is a dream a lie if it don't come true or is it something worse?"
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Something was put on about this yesterday.
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Then it was just a rumour, now its solid. There is a difference !!
Something was put on about this yesterday.
"is a dream a lie if it don't come true or is it something worse?"
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Then it was just a rumour, now its solid. There is a difference !!
A rumour? It was a quote from the man himself, from the horses mouth so to speak.


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In a paper published in Nature's open access journal Scientific Reports, researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno, report that male pseudoscorpions treated with the antibiotic tetracycline suffer significantly reduced sperm viability and pass this toxic effect on to their untreated sons. They suggest a similar effect could occur in humans and other species.
A pseudoscorpion, whose scientific name is Cordylochernes scorpioides, is a tiny eight-legged arachnid that has the false appearance of a scorpion. Its sperm packets are transferred externally, making it possible for investigators to simply collect them and assess the quality and quantity of sperm.
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The research involved a three-generation study of the pseudoscorpion. To control for genetic influences, in the first generation, brothers and sisters from each of 21 broods were treated with weekly doses of tetracycline, an antibiotic commonly used in animal production and generally used for treatment of infections in humans. The broods were treated from birth to adulthood or were reared as untreated controls. Subsequent generations were not treated with tetracycline. The antibiotic had no effect on male or female body size, sperm number or female reproduction, they found.
"Tetracycline, one of the most widely used antibiotics, has previously been shown to have negative effects on male reproduction in vertebrates, including humans," said George Gilchrist, program director in the Division of Environmental Biology at the National Science Foundation, which funded the study.
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Admittedly, the jump from the GoPro HERO2 to the HERO3 was so revolutionary that even we have a hard time predicting what could be up the HERO3+ Black Edition - Surf's sleeve. Well, the secret is out. GoPro focused on reducing housing size and weight by 20%, reducing distortion by 33%, speeding up Wi-Fi, a SuperView mode, and increasing battery life by 25%? We thought that would get your attention.
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This thing is incredible. The price may seem steep at first glance, but if you consider the insane quality of photo and video it can capture and it's ridiculously small size it's a great value. The iphone app makes it super easy to actually put your footage to use on your favorite social media platforms as well, which is a great touch. Gone are the days of capturing tons of photos and videos, just to have them sit on your memory card and go nowhere. You can easily shoot a sweet picture/video and have it up on instagram in minutes. I use it for surfing, skiing, biking, traveling, and any other random activities I can find and it has been great to have.
Also to clarify, this photo is straight off the memory card unedited. It was shot using the time-lapse mode, shooting 1 picture ever second which is a great way to get a high quality picture of such activities. When quality is not imperative though, I will generally shoot video and use still frames from the video. For things like instagram the quality is more than sufficient that way.
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Each time GoPro releases a new camera, it blows my mind how incredible it is. While it's not necessarily part of the camera itself, my favorite thing about it is the GoPro App. Before the app I used to dread uploading shots to my computer, for them to ultimately sit there and never go anywhere. Now, I can browse them on my phone and select exactly which shots I want to keep. Within minutes I've saved it to my phone and emailed it to myself or posted it on Instragram, FB, Backcountry.com, etc. It's the convenience that allows me to get more out of this camera.
And the shots are incredible, it's damn near indestructible and you can keep it in your pocket. I can't wait to travel with this camera. I'm always nervous to carry a digital SLR, camera bag, lenses, etc. on adventures to less developed places, so ultimately the camera stays at home. I'm confident I can capture the experience of a badass trip with this thing without letting it out of my sight. When necessary, I can put it in my pocket and go surfing. No more leaving the camera on the beach with that unfortunate volunteer to watch after it.
And since there's a mount for everything, I might as well just attach it to whatever I happen to be riding.
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Found this very detailed video comparing all the features of the new HERO3+ Black Edition with the previous model.
If you are wondering what the new features are or if you should upgrade, this video explains it all!
Can some body confirm if the only difference...
Can some body confirm if the only difference between the surf and the adventure is a surfboard mount and camera tethers? or is something else that I should consider.
You're correct, the only difference between the surf and the adventure editions are the mounts and accessories that they come with. The camera is the same.


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Kakashi finds Sakura's team in the middle of a path, and gets Sasuke's coordinates from Kiba. Meanwhile, Sakura tells Sasuke that she is willing to leave Konoha and follow him. Sasuke then tells Sakura to kill Karin as a sign of her willingness to do anything. With Sakura's back turned to him, Sasuke attempts to kill her but the attack is intercepted by Kakashi. Kakashi tells Sakura to leave Sasuke to him and heal Karin, as the two clash. After Sakura heals Karin she once again attempts to kill Sasuke with a kunai, but Sasuke turns the tables on her as she hesitates. Before Sasuke can kill Sakura with her own kunai, she is rescued once again - this time by Naruto.
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The American Economic Association (AEA) takes pride in celebrating its founder Richard T. Ely. This pride is strange, given the character of Elys thought, which is revealed in The Independent Review article The Shaping of a Future Presidents Economic Thought: Richard T. Ely and Woodrow Wilson at The Hopkins by Gary M. Pecquet and Clifford F. Thies, as well as the Econ Journal Watch article Richard T. Ely: The Confederate Flag of the AEA? by Clifford F. Thies and Ryan Daza. In this podcast, Thies is interviewed by the economist Lawrence H. White and explores Elys ideas, values, and impact. Thies is the Eldon R. Lindsay Chair of Free Enterprise and Professor of Economics and Finance at Shenandoah University.
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Recorded: Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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Wal-Marts detractors argue that Wal-Mart reduces living standards, hurts retail trade, disrupts communities, and relies on government programs to provide healthcare for many of its workers. Is Wal-Mart a force for good or evil?
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Allopurinol for Kidney Stones
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How It Works
Allopurinol makes it more difficult for your body to make uric acid. This decreases the amount of uric acid in the urine, reducing the chance that a uric acid kidney stone will form.
Why It Is Used
Allopurinol may be used if you have:
- Uric acid kidney stones or high levels of uric acid in the urine.
- Kidney stones for which no specific cause can be found.
How Well It Works
Allopurinol prevents uric acid stones from forming. It can also dissolve existing small uric acid stones.
Side Effects
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
- Usually the benefits of the medicine are more important than any minor side effects.
- Side effects may go away after you take the medicine for a while.
- If side effects still bother you and you wonder if you should keep taking the medicine, call your doctor. He or she may be able to lower your dose or change your medicine. Do not suddenly quit taking your medicine unless your doctor tells you to.
Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have:
- Trouble breathing.
- Swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
- Skin rash.
Call your doctor if you have:
- Hives.
Common side effects of this medicine include:
- Rash. This is a common side effect, but it can be a sign of a very serious or life-threatening condition.
- Diarrhea and nausea.
- Increased gout attacks at first. To avoid this, your doctor may also prescribe either colchicine, which blocks the inflammation caused by uric acid crystals, or low-dose nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). After normal uric acid levels have been maintained for 6 to 12 months and no further attacks occur, colchicine or NSAIDs do not need to be taken.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
What To Think About
You may be able to reduce the amount of uric acid in your urine by decreasing the amount of red meat protein in your diet.
Allopurinol can interfere with many other medicines. It may increase or decrease the levels of other medicines, which may raise the toxicity of these medicines or reduce their effectiveness. Make sure every doctor you see knows about all of the medicines, vitamins, or herbal supplements you take. This means anything you take with or without a prescription.
Be safe with medicines. Read and follow all instructions on the label.
Taking medicine
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
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Advice for women
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Liver and kidney function studies may be done after a few months of using allopurinol. The studies may be repeated now and then.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
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[♪upbeat music♪] [ADOBE TRAINING SERVICES For Omniture technology] Hi, everybody. This is Doug. Today our topic is What is Omniture Recommendations. When you go to a store to purchase something, it's very common these days, of course, to need some accessories or other things that might be related to that product. And that's no different online, where we might want to get the additional items that can help us use our product the best or that might be related to that product. And so you can see here our sales guy is saying, "People who bought this "also bought this," etc, etc. In our second little thought bubble screen here, the guy says, "I sure am glad I don't have to shop at a different site now." Well, they are going to go to different sites if they don't find what they need on your site. So we want to make sure that they do find everything they need. And not only accessories and things that belong with that product but maybe just things that are interesting to the same people. This is actually also a little narrow-minded in that it's not just for e-commerce sites but rather for content as well where we can recommend content. Omniture Recommendations enables businesses to easily promote products and content online. Through flexible data and behavioral-driven algorithms, businesses can increase conversions by ensuring relevant choices are automatically presented to the right customers at the right time, on-site or through email campaigns. Like our other products, Recommendations is part of the Omniture Online Marketing Suite and sits right over here in the Optimize section with Test & Target and some of our other products, so we can really optimize that experience that the person has on our site. Some of the challenges and needs on our site are very related to the things I just mentioned, and that is we want to give our customers a relevant and engaging experience that allows them to get the right products or right content at the right time. We also want to have control over where our products or content shows up or where they're promoted and different things like that. So the Recommendations product gives us a lot of control over this and helps us to promote these products or this content. You get into Recommendations through the Omniture login, so you can go to my.omniture.com and log in with your credentials to the Omniture Suite and then select Recommendations from the product list or from the product pinwheel. When you go in you're going to be able to create new recommendations, and those might be Most Popular or People who viewed this bought that or Most Viewed or Most Purchased or People who bought this bought that. There's a lot of different things, and we'll talk about that here momentarily. But it's just an easy little interface where the marketer can go in and create these without having to go in and constantly change the code on the site. There's three pieces, really, of a Recommendations offering, and that is first of all the Algorithm or the "what" is going to show; secondly, the Presentation or "how" it's going to show; and third, the Placement or the "where" it's going to show on our site and on our page. And so these things are all configurable through Recommendations. Some of the most common recommendations that you can create are Top Sellers, so what's selling the best on your site, or Most Viewed, and you can see over here we have Top Viewed Events in the San Francisco Bay Area. Or also, another very cool one is Popularity By Metric so that you can also choose your SiteCatalyst metric, and this is part of the integration of Recommendations into SiteCatalyst where you can choose a metric on your site. So maybe it's not just the ones that are selling the best and have the most orders, but maybe you would like to display them based on total revenue so you have the larger ticket items showing up. Or maybe you'd like to display it based on how many times it was added to a cart or any other kind of metric, those, of course, being e-commerce type metrics. But you can choose the metric that controls that, so another very cool recommendation type. Some other types of recommendations could be based on Affinity, so People who bought this bought that or People who viewed this bought that, or People who viewed this viewed that, etc. And also it does integrate with SiteSearch, another Omniture product, so People who searched for this on my site bought that. And so Recommendations is very well named. You are recommending content or products to your customer, but you're recommending the right products at the right time to the right people. [♪♪] [Adobe]
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May 5, 2016
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- New North Carolina State coach Dave Doeren's first recruiting class with the Wolfpack is heavy on offensive skill positions.
The Wolfpack signed six receivers, three running backs and two quarterbacks in the 25-player class unveiled on national signing day Wednesday.
Doeren left Northern Illinois to replace fired coach Tom O'Brien in December. He said the program was short on receivers, quarterbacks and running backs returning to the program.
Doeren had to quickly hire a staff before keeping the team's original commitments and add a few new names. Recruiting coordinator Ryan Nielsen said the program kept about a dozen commitments.
Among the Wolfpack's top recruits is quarterback Jacoby Brissett, a Florida transfer who enrolled in January, and cornerback Jack Tocho, an Associated Press all-state performer from Charlotte Independence.
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I often dream of having a separate studio or office space to retreat to. There's just something so romanticized about having a compartmentalized space for your work life and home life (spoken like a true work-at-home lady!). Yet I'm quite sure that if ever I am lucky enough to build a studio shed in my backyard, it won't look nearly as beautiful as this creation from Scott Lewis Landscape Architecture.
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Vol State Hires New Assistant Chief of Police
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Angie Lawson is the new Assistant Chief of Campus Police at Volunteer State Community College. She joins the school after 12 years of service with the Gallatin Police Department, most recently as Master Patrol Officer. Lawson has worked in patrol and as a court liaison during her career with Gallatin Police. She received her Law Enforcement Certification in 2001, Basic Criminal Investigations Certification in 2006 and Field Training Officer Certification in 2007.
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These markers are similar to felt tip pens, and can be used on bisque. They're easy to use — just push down on the tip until it is saturated and the pen is ready to decorate.
Do not use on greenware. The unfired clay will moisten from the underglaze, breaking down the tip of the marker.
Glaze-Eze markers also work well as an overglaze. They are permanent once fired, even without a clear glaze over them.
Midnight, Gold, and Rose Pink may be fired from
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Color Chart Note — Use this color chart as an approximation of the real color. If exact color matching is necessary, use actual samples of the materials.
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RT Reviews for GHOST RIDER
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Talk about flaming! Here's a LINK to check out what critics are saying about the burning-skull-headed-biker flick GHOST RIDER at Rotten Tomatoes...
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I was on RT, and they had Ghost Rider at 26%. I think for it to be considered a Razzie contender, it has to be below 25%...
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Ari Ashe, wtop.com
ROCKVILLE, Md. – Montgomery County has ordered its contractor to begin repairing major structural problems at the unfinished Silver Spring Transit Center and expects design work to fix other problems at the transit hub to begin soon.
County officials briefed the County Council on the over-budget and long-delayed project, which was designed to connect foot, bike and bus traffic with commuter trains.
"The construction will begin later this year, but work is underway on remediation right now," David Dise, General Services Administration director told the council.
"We are giving Parsons Brinckerhoff (the engineers of record) six weeks to engineer a solution. The primary concern that we can tackle first is the safety concerns, the two pour strips on the mid-level of the facility."
The pour strips threaten the structural integrity of the building and could injure or kill commuters if left as is. Other problems with the unfinished transit hub would not pose an immediate safety risk to the public but the building wouldn't last the intended 40 years.
Dise sent contractor Foulger-Pratt a letter last week ordering them to begin work on the pour strips. Under the terms of the contract, Foulger-Pratt and the three other companies working on the project will pay for any repairs, then file a claim to recoup any costs.
Both Parsons Brinckerhoff and Foulger-Pratt have agreed to remain on the project and figure out the money situation later. However, Robert B. Balter, the company that inspected the facility, has not yet agreed to stay on.
"Taxpayers will not pay for this correction," Dise said multiple times during the council briefing and afterwards to reporters.
"I appreciate your assurances that this council will not be asked for any supplemental appropriations on this project. It is our clear position the costs to fix this facility will not be borne by the taxpayers. That position will hold unless overturned by a court of law," says Councilman Roger Berliner, who chairs the Transportation and Environment Committee.
Under the terms of the contract, if a claim is denied, the contractors can appeal and can file a lawsuit to recoup any costs. The County Council is keenly aware of the chance of a lawsuit and has already held several closed door sessions about potential litigation. The county could also sue Foulger-Pratt and other contractors for their role in the delays.
"I apologize to my constituents in advance for the necessity to have some of the discussions behind closed doors with legal counsel. I hope we can minimize that," says Councilman George Levanthal.
Other problems outlined in a KCE Engineering report from March include missing post-tensioning cables and questions about the thickness of some of the concrete.
Dise says he hopes designs, permits and other steps to start construction can be completed before the end of the summer.
"The question is: Will this take months, will it take a year? We hope it will take less than a year, but I am not going to speculate on a schedule," says Dise.
"I feel like our county, if it were a football team, we suffered a serious penalty. We got set back. Now everyone wishes we can do a Hail Mary to make it up. The reality is that we'll move forward with three-yard plunges straight ahead and slowly work our way back," says Berliner.
"We've all been very concerned and even outraged at this particular situation. But it's important that we proceed to get a better idea of the timeline," says Council President Nancy Navarro.
The County Council will likely hear another update on the transit center in June.
The center has been plagued with problems and is now $80 million over budget and two years behind schedule. Montgomery County officials paid for the independent report from KCE to determine what is wrong with the building and whether the county should take legal action against the project's contractors and designers, who said they were excluded from the review.
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Mid-century glamour took center stage at Monday night's white tie and decorations–themed Met Gala. Honoring American couturier Charles James and his glamorous designs, the red carpet was filled with celebrities in sweeping ball gowns and dapper tailcoats. So it's pretty good timing for The Weinstein Company to announce they're setting out to relaunch the defunct Charles James brand after licensing it with the option to buy.
Harvey Weinstein's wife, Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman, and her brother, Marchesa CEO Edward Chapman, will serve as creative consultants on the project.
With these industry heavy hitters at the helm, will ball gowns be the next big thing? Only time will tell – but I'd recommend dusting off that corset in the meantime.
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Wow, this new one from RICOH-PENTAX puts the lame duck Canikoner DSLRs to shame.
WEATHER SEALED MAGNESIUM ALLOY UNIBODY: Check.
SELECTABLE LOW PASS FILTER: You the user/shooter can select whether you want to use the AA filter -- or not. Your choice, right on the spot.
TWIN MEMORY CARD SLOTS: Check. Some DSLRs from Canikon priced at over $2,000 for the body only do not even have this simple capability.
USB 3.0 IMAGE DOWNLOADS: Check. 99.9% of the others are still stuck with slowpoke USB 2.0.
DEDICATED HEADPHONE AND MICROPHONE TERMINALS: Just how many other HDSLRs have both?
REMOTE VIEWING AND CONTROLLING WIRELESSLY: Check. Very handy.
4K RESOLUTION VIDEO INTERVAL RECORDING: Check. Nothing on that front from Canikon, last time I checked.
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Troopers said a driver hit a bicyclist on the highway on Tuesday evening, leaving the man dead in the middle of the road.
Investigators said around 7PM on Tuesday night, David Maready had been drinking when he took a 1999 BMW onto NC 11 in Kenansville. Troopers said Maready, who will be 36 on Sunday, was travelling 55 miles-per-hour when he hit James Vines, of Teachy, as the man rode his bike along the highway.
Troopers said Vines' bicycle ended up in the ditch, but the man was left dead on the highway when Maready fled the scene.
Troopers caught up with Maready later that night, charging him with DWI, driving while license revoked, felony hit and run, and felony death by motor vehicle.
Trooper D.M. Rich said alcohol is a suspected factor, but they are awaiting blood sample test data to return.
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