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SILVER CREEK – Balmy, 60-degree weather and sunshine greeted swimmers at Sunday's 12th annual Polar Bear Swim in Lake Erie off Silver Creek.
Co-chairwoman Pamela Forge marveled at the sun and relatively warm Lake Erie Water temperatures of at least 37 degrees.
For the second straight day, temperatures were unseasonably warm in the area, reaching a high of 65 degrees around noon in the Buffalo area. That was close to the record of 68 set in 2005, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Aaron Reynolds.
But the southerly flow that created the warm air mass was slated to head out Sunday night, with a cold front bringing a steady decline in temperatures overnight and into today, Reynolds said.
After Sunday's highs in the 60s, today's high is expected to top out at a more January-like 33 degrees. But Western New Yorkers enjoyed the respite while it lasted.
"It is pretty warm," Reynolds said Sunday afternoon. "It's not good for anyone who wants snow, but it's a nice day to get out and enjoy it while it lasts, and then winter will return."
Exactly 100 swimmers registered for the Polar Bear swim this year, and proceeds were expected to exceed last year's total of $14,000. With just about half of the swimmers' donations collected early Sunday, organizers already had surpassed $10,000, with proceeds from a basket raffle, a wine tasting and charity blackjack games still to be counted.
There also were proceeds from those who paid to dance with Bruce Tarnowski and his "bridesmaids" from Dunkirk. Tarnowski was dressed in a wedding gown and admitted this wasn't his first time in the water, though it was his first as a "bride." He and his friends thought of the costumes to gain attention and had raised more than $400 in pledges.
"We try to think of a unique costume every year," he said.
Others in Western New York who may not have been up for a dip in Lake Erie took advantage of the warm winter day in Delaware Park.
Mike and Keri Nowak, of Depew, stopping by to walk with their Doberman, said they didn't want to miss out Sunday.
"In January, you don't often get a day like this. We wanted to take advantage of it," said Mike Nowak.
Others, such as Moira Salz-berg, who lives on Buffalo's West Side, are in Delaware Park daily, but she said she gets a lot of company on the nice days.
"You can tell the weather by just coming to the park," she said. "There were even more people here yesterday."
Not everyone was thrilled with the temperatures, however. Canisius College senior Charles Cook was in the park to play rugby, but the Albany-area resident called the weather "kind of disappointing for winter. I'd like to be snowboarding."
His Canisius classmate, Regan Steele of New Zealand, said the warm winter weather is making him feel right at home.
"I'm used to my winters being like this. A day like this is about as bad as it gets," Steele said.
Back in Silver Creek, Polar Bear swim co-chairwoman Judi Kelly, registering swimmers in her polar bear-themed outfit, said this year's event was certainly atypical, with the warmest temperatures in 12 years.
Chautauqua County Legislator George Borrello, who was drying off after his swim, said his training was wasted this year after he prepared by "jumping rope in the walk-in freezer." He and his family own Cabana Sams and the Sunset Bay Beach Club.
Borrello said previous years were so cold that the water felt like needles. He said this year's swim was easy.
"When you came out into the warm water and sunshine, it was no problem," he added.
Funds from this year's event will be shared between the Silver Creek Food Pantry, Silver Creek Emergency Squad and the Variety Club.
Silver Creek Mayor Kurt Lindstrom said the event was just what the village needed. The village has been reeling from bad news lately, as Petri Baking Products recently announced that it was closing.
More than 200 jobs will be lost at the business, which started in the village in 1935.
Lindstrom said that news came on the heels of other issues, such as needed repairs at the wastewater treatment plant.
"It's just great to see so many people come together and support the fire department and emergency squad," he added.
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Education and the iPad's architecture of control
Like most of Jonathan Ive's work, the iPad is beautiful. Like most of Apple's work, it also makes me uneasy. I was planning to write about this feeling of unease, so imagine my delight when I discovered that Timothy B. Lee and others have already done the work for me. In "Why Geeks Hate the iPad," "Tinkerer's Sunset," and "Nothing Creative," we're treated to a thorough overview of what's sacrificed when Apple compels you to trade flexibility and freedom for a shiny new platform. I believe you can apply this same analysis to the iPhone, the iTouch, and everything else in the Apple's consumer electronics stable.
Put another way, the iPad and its siblings are not personal computing platforms. They're Apple computing platforms. The hardware itself is sealed, discouraging anyone from seeing how it works or improving on it. The platform software is largely proprietary. The vaunted App Store, which brought to the computing public the same ease of installation and application management that open source users have been enjoying for years, is rigidly controlled to advance Apple's interests. Just ask Google.
Now, this doesn't make Apple evil. They're obviously entitled to produce as many beautiful, locked-up devices as they like. It's important, though, to understand just what you're trading for Apple's warm, comfortable architecture of control. In this context, "Apple's iPad Could Do For Governments More than the One-Laptop-Per-Child," from Andrea DiMaio over at Gartner, makes a strange argument. I'll forgive DiMaio's enthusiasm for the iPad -- it's very pretty, indeed -- but his suggestion that the iPad is superior to the One Laptop Per Child project for education betrays a pretty serious misunderstanding of the OLPC project.
His argument is, in short: "it's cheap and easy enough to use that governments could use it to overcome the digital divide in education."
OLPC was conceived to provide students a creative platform, not just a cheap laptop. It is one thing to provide students a cheap copy of Microsoft Office and a $100 laptop. Anyone with enough money could do that. OLPC is exciting because the principle of hacking and sharing is built into the system. The laptop itself was built on open source software, ensuring that collaboration and innovation could extend to its deepest guts. The innovative mesh networking eliminated the need for a central network infrastructure -- students are automatically connected to each other, and if one student has a connection to the Internet, they all have it. Connections are ad hoc, sharing is done by default, and the applications provided by the OLPC were built around creative work. Commercial viability notwithstanding, I think it's an impressive pedagogical experiment. You can see the fruits of this experiment in Brazil:
Imagine, for a moment, the iPad as a platform for education. How can children collaborate on such a platform? How can they, like Mr. Lee, mess with the insides? How can students build their own applications? Students may do none of these things without Apple's permission. That's alarming.
Also alarming is how susceptible a closed platform like the iPad could be to exploitation by service and content providers. A closed platform makes it very simple to enforce rigid controls on what kind of content is made available to students. Just think of the AT&T strangehold on iPhone service, and scale that up to textbooks in an entire school district. This monopolistic control is annoying for well-funded, sophisticated consumers of technology. It is disastrous for the poor, and catastrophic for the developing world. Delivering 100 free iPads to a village in West Africa or a struggling school district in Mississippi isn't charity, it's a set of handcuffs.
So when Mr. DiMaio suggests that the iPad is superior to the OLPC for education, I have to wonder: what does he expect from a one-to-one laptop program? Is the goal to put a piece of networked hardware in the hands of students, at any cost to freedom of the school or student, or should we instead provide tools that encourage students to learn from each other, share their success, and help create an environment where they can solve their own problems? I believe education is about creativity, ingenuity, and sharing -- all of which are more powerful than a portable web browser, no matter how pretty it is.
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I think there is a lot of misunderstanding regarding this project and unfortunately it has slipped from a lot of people's perspective. Many people think the whole project is gone.
The iPad will probably work in school systems that can afford them, much how some schools have Apple computers in their computer lab or iBooks in their mobile computer labs.
For developing countries, though, while it looks like the "quick fix" your article helps point out how it isn't.
It all comes down the benevolence of the "king of the Apple" (Steve Jobs, and his successor when the time comes).
The title of your youtube clip is [b]Red Hat: Inside OLPC: Episode 4[/b]
I've not used a OLPC before so all I know about it is through blogs/articles. If I can correct, OLPC started with the great idea of openness and somehow lost its way and ended up with loading it with Windows.
If that is true, OLPC is as closed as iPad can get, one way or the other.
While Microsoft has supposedly whittled down Windows XP so it'll fit and run on an OLPC so that it is available as an option... to the best of my knowledge, no OLPC have been purchased nor shipped in this configuration so it might as well not exist. Did that answer your question?
in spite of being a happy user of apple hardware [albeit my ipod is jailbroken so i can do what i want with it], i was with you all the way there in your mistrust of apple's new closed-shop approach to their hardware & the software we're 'allowed' to run on it.
then you came out with this gem; "...the same ease of installation and application management that open source users have been enjoying for years..."
sorry. i cannae concentrate on the rest of the article now. i'm laughing too much. that was a joke, right?
Of course you're happy -- ignorance is bliss. :)
apt-get install "application-name"
...or use one of the many graphical package managers available these days which enable the user to install any one of thousands of applications with a few mouse clicks.
Seriously... how hard is it?
The fact that you had to 'jailbreak' your iPod to do what you want with it speaks volumes in support of the OLPC project. You realize Apple consider jailbreaking to be a violation of copyright and by implication prosecutable under the DMCA...right?
Who knows, it might.
The OLPC had a head start... and where is it at?
Even people trying to deride the iPad see the issues with OLPC and lack of delivery:
We can talk bad about the iPad until everyone is blue in the face, but here is the truth of the situation:
* The iPad is coming out for commercial availability in less than 2 months.
* Alot of these items are going to end up in the hands of children in developed countries, some rich, some not.
* There are going to be educational applications available on these day one.
* In all likelihood, more children will end up using an iPad worldwide for educational purposes than will use any model of OLPC.
Gunnar, interesting article. The question I'd ask is if you or other readers see any parallels between Apple's closed architecture and the organizations that populate the American educational system below university level.
It seems to me what they have in common -- generalizing very broadly -- is a desire to control and cement lock-in on the part of their customer base. What they don't have in common, of course, is execution. Apple is an admired force in the business world and has an envious global franchise. American primary and secondary education have been saved from extinction by successfully managing to largely avoid any meaningful competition, and by our excellent universities.
So if that's the case, it seems to me the flavor of IT they use is a moot point if the overarching system can't take advantage of it.
Others already commented as well on the remark that Apple's App Store some was a Johnny-Come-Lately compared to Linux's open source package management tools us geeks had been "enjoying" for years. But the author's response to those comments that a "yum repo" is a more open manifestation of the App Store indicates that he does not grok the App Store at all.
True enough, the technological underpinnings of the App Store are all proprietary as is the OS to which it provides its services but there was NOTHING that kept the open source community from building an App Store for Linux using yum repo technology for Linux. What makes the App Store unique is its tight management of what gets in. Has anyone ever had a problem installing an app from the App Store because it interfered with another app? How about a thwarted OS upgrade because some app depended on something from another app that depended on a feature only available in an app that runs under a certain flavor of OS kernel? I didn't think so.
Now don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade my Linux boxen for the world but I would also hate to lose my iPhone and MacBook. The former let me develop and experiment whereas the latter let me get some work done. Comparing Apple against the open source community is a pointless exercise: if Apple were to open up its OS and devices it wouldn't be Apple anymore. I would suggest taking your Apple-envy and turning it towards building a yum repository where no matter what package I ask for I can be guaranteed I can install it on my Linux machine without a single further prompt. Show me that and I will consider letting go of my Apple devices.
Thanks Paul for so eloquently stating what I truly feel would be obvious if we chose to see beyond our biases (for or against apple or open source).
"Now don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade my Linux boxen for the world but I would also hate to lose my iPhone and MacBook. The former let me develop and experiment whereas the latter let me get some work done."
That last sentence is what I mean. Pick the tool that works for you (based on your needs) and keep your mind and eyes open for alternatives.
This should not be a debate based on politics, personalities, preferences or philosophies, but on value as it relates to results (openness being a valid criterion). Apple may or may not win that debate, but at least the victor would be chosen for the right reasons.
For many consumers the lack of freedom is a feature not a defect. The virus and malware criminals have made many people fearful of computers. A closed "safe" environment is very VERY appealing to these consumers. I suspect this will become a major selling point of the device. Grandma doesn't care about hacking the kernel of her iPad anymore than she cares about hacking her VCR. For her the "open" OLPC would be a scary, confusing thing she would be afraid to use.
I would think the obvious retort from an education system administrator's perspective [and maybe this is what the author of this article was phishing for all along (?)] is that a school system's education device should be one that is geared towards presenting curriculum correlated educational materials, not being an open source hackers platform. Most sys admins spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to properly profile a laptop to fit into a zero administration policy, or school systems have the parents purchase the laptop so they are responsible for keeping it running. My question on the iPad for education would be around durability, battery life and ability to outlive any first generation OS or application requirements.
Education isn't about freedom anyways...look at what happens to someone playing hooky!
How are schools beholden? Don't the educators tasked with deciding what will be used make the decision? Can't they also choose? Or do you have some intelligence or freedom they aren't privy to? Is this ego?
I find it very sad reading this thread and think of how Steve Wozniak took the view that all software should be Open Sourced, and that he designed the original Apple with Open Standards in mind.
From "Hackers- Wizards of the Electronic Age" about 2:45 for the short attention span:
I must agree with Gunnar. Apple's endeavor is profits (even at the risk of being unfair) and they do it cleverly. I was reading somewhere that the handsome sales figures of it's ipods relies to a significant extent on the fact that it's batteries cannot be replaced by the user himself. Rather he has to take it to a service center for replacement for a service fee. Rather than spend a good amount for this the user normally opts for a newer product. The argument is that this design helps the ipod remain slim. But these discarded ipods cause a big impact on the environment in terms of disposal not to mention the carbon emissions involved in producing each new ipod. The impact on Apples profitability is no doubt good. In such a scenario where Apples motto is "profit" I cannot envision how it can chart the same path as an education system where the primary motive is knowledge and innovation. The OLPC should be the preferred platform their objectives being the same.
I have watched the Open source community for may years and watched it move to a "MONEY IS BAD" attitude while on the active open source contributors' resume for "work to make Money" the laud their contributions.
Apple is an American company who was on the front of Time twice as "the fall of an american icon". While IBM which went the open hardware way no-longer makes hardware they gave away.
The problem here is not the iPad or the OLPC, the problem is the cost of building them and the ability to continue building new things it is costly.
Open source is great but it can not be the whole picture anymore than always eating apples and nothing else can be.
We in the community must stop ranting about the next "closed" gadget from (name the company) and move to provide applications that are meaningful for them...
Rant over ...

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New moms don't go from being who they were to a being a mom only.
"You want to add that on to who you are," said Dr. Anne Curtis, chairwoman of the Department of Medicine at the University at Buffalo.
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• Employers need to be flexible. The early weeks after delivery are important to take off, if moms can, "partly because your body's recovering," Curtis said, "and partly because if you have a baby who doesn't let you sleep, how are you supposed to be able to work like that?" The Family and Medical Leave Act requires employers to give you 12 weeks of unpaid time, and some companies allow a mix of paid vacation and sick time. Employers should understand that new moms will need time off for pediatric visits and may be sleep-deprived for the first few months. They also may need time, and a quiet space, to pump breast milk. New moms also may ask to ease back into work part time.


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Violinist Tim Fain visited University at Buffalo's Center for the Arts on Friday to present his "Portals," a rare confluence of live violin recital fare, spoken word, film, and choreography.
With a program populated entirely with exuberant yet meditative works of living American composers, "Portals" sets out to be a "multimedia musical exploration of the human longing for connection in the digital age," according to the project's website.
The concert's chief conceit is that rather than present the compositions with live musical accompaniment and onstage collaborators, Fain performs alone, with sparse set design and lighting. His artistic colleagues provide support via prerecorded film on a screen behind Fain, as if they are performing together via Skype in real time.
I must admit that I was at first skeptical about the incorporation of video elements into what is essentially, at first glance, a solo recital. The device of film projections has become a very common trope in contemporary performance, and while it has utilitarian value and can solve logistical dilemmas for touring productions such as "Portals," it is incredibly challenging to achieve equal integration of both live performer and video. Too often, one element reveals itself as more essential, and the other is merely an interesting add-on.
As each of Fain's cohorts makes his or her on-screen entrance, we see them in the intimacy of their own private spaces: radio host Fred Child walks down a grand spiral staircase en route to "logging on" to recite poetry excerpts by legendary songwriter Leonard Cohen.
Pianist Nicholas Britell walks through the living room of his stylish city apartment to his piano.
The evening's first composition was Lev Zhurbin's "Sicilienne" for violin and piano, a work with unadorned, folk-like lyricism and grand harmonies.
In Nico Muhly's work for live and prerecorded violin called "Honest Music," Fain brought a distinctive tenderness to the ardent composition, as the ethereal wails of the violin overtook the sonic space. Visually, Fain duets with himself, as video shows him performing the prerecorded track in an unoccupied concert hall as in-person Fain performs on stage. As the composition progressed the distinction between the two Fains' performances dissolved entirely.
The violinist's masterful dexterity and control of intonation revealed a playing style characterized by ebullience and uncanny control. Fain's infallible musicianship was most evident in the compositional centerpiece of "Portals": Philip Glass' "Partita for Solo Violin," a 33-minute mesmerizer comprising seven movements. Glass interrupts the locomotion of his signature Minimalist phrasing with Romantic asides that recall the virtuosity of 19th century violinists and the composers whose work they championed.
"Partita" was equally inventive in its visual presentation – exquisitely choreographed by Benjamin Millepied (of "Black Swan" notoriety) and interpreted in three film sequences by dancers Craig Black, Julia Eichten, and Haylee Nichele.
The first dance tableau features Black, traversing in perpetual motion through a bedroom and bathroom with movement that is at once violent and completely fluid. In the second dance sequence, Nichele dances restlessly through the Copland House as Fain is seen playing cryptically in each room she fleetingly occupies.
In these scenes, Fain achieves an astonishing feat in the concert hall setting – the film material becomes the primary focus, and his live performance is now the accompaniment supporting the story told on screen. In other words, a concert with video suddenly morphs into silent film with live music.
Ultimately, "Portals" transcends cohesive recital programming, veering squarely into innovative storytelling territory by mid-concert, before ultimately reinforcing the unparalleled poignancy and irreplaceability of live performance.


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George Clooney
- mid 1970s
Handsome on Hold
In middle school, Clooney develops Bell's palsy, a debilitating condition that partially paralyzes the face. While suffering from the malady – it went away within a year – his left eye closes and he is unable to eat or drink properly, earning the nickname Frankenstein. "That was the worst time of my life," he tells the Mirror in 2003. "You know how cruel kids can be. I was mocked and taunted, but the experience made me stronger."
- 1981
Long Shot Odds
Clooney drops out of college after his cousin and friend Miguel Ferrer, the son of Clooney's famous aunt, singer Rosemary Clooney, comes to Lexington to make a low-budget movie about horse racing. After landing a small role in the film, Clooney makes the decision to give acting a shot full-time, moving to L.A. the following year.
- 1984
Early Roles
In a weird bit of foreshadowing, Clooney lands his first regular television role in the short-lived CBS ensemble comedy E/R, in which he plays Ace, a young doctor recently reassigned to emergency room duty in a Chicago hospital. The following year, Clooney and his timely mullet join the cast of the all-female sitcom The Facts of Life for a two-season run as carpenter George Burnett.
- 1988
Hog Wild
Clooney lives in a Hollywood Hills home with girlfriend Kelly Preston and buys her a black potbellied piglet he names Max. After the couple breaks up the following year, Clooney continues to raise Max – even letting the pig sleep in bed with him. After 18 years, Max dies in 2006. "He was as old a pig as the vets had ever seen," Clooney tells USA Today.
- 1989
The Marrying Kind?
Just months after his breakup with Preston, Clooney and actress Talia Balsam head to Vegas in a Winnebago and get married. The couple, who dated a short time in 1984 before getting hitched, would divorce three years later. "I probably – definitely – wasn't someone who should have been married at that point," Clooney tells Vanity Fair. "I just don't feel like I gave Talia a fair shot."
- 1991
Screaming Baby
After appearing in five episodes of Baby Talk, the TV version of Look Who's Talking, Clooney quits. According to witnesses, Clooney stands up for an actress he feels is being unfairly humiliated. "I remember calling my agent and I said, 'What happens if I walk away from this? Do I end my career now?'" Clooney recalls to PEOPLE. "And my agent was honest with me. He said, 'I don't know.' And I thought, 'You know what? It's worth it.'"
- 1994
Paging Dr. Ross
Clooney premieres in his breakout role as Dr. Doug Ross on ER. The hospital drama becomes America's top-rated show, and Clooney's nominated for an Outstanding Lead Actor Emmy in 1995 and 1996. Typically self-deprecating, Clooney tells PEOPLE, "I can be a schmuck all day long, at the end of it save some old lady's life and still be a hero. If you stuck a mannequin in my part, he'd get all the fan mail."
- 1996
Movie Makeover
Putting B-movie duds Return to Horror High (1987) and Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988) behind him, Clooney builds a new film career starring alongside Quentin Tarantino and Salma Hayek in the shoot-'em-up action flick From Dusk Till Dawn (left) and in the romantic comedy One Fine Day with Michelle Pfeiffer.
Mon Amour
While filming The Peacemaker in Paris, Clooney meets 23-year-old waitress Celine Balitran. A few months later the French law student follows him to L.A., and they continue to date until 1999. "When I have to get up early, he insists I wake him," Balitran tells PEOPLE. "It's out of the question to start the day without having breakfast together. We wake up in each other's arms, and we can't wait for evening to be together again."
- 1997
Getting the Batcall
A huge superhero fan as a kid, Clooney donned his first Batsuit as a 3-year-old. It's a much bigger deal when he takes over the dual role of Batman/Bruce Wayne from Val Kilmer in Batman and Robin. The actor tells the Chicago Sun-Times, ''I am the only superhero who can kick someone's butt and then dress their wounds.''
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- Date of Birth
- May 06, 1961
- Birth Place
- Lexington, Ky.
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Amal Alamuddin, wife (2013 to present)
Stacy Keibler, ex-girlfriend (2011 to 2013)
Elisabetta Canalis, ex-girlfriend (2009 to 2011)
Sarah Larson, ex-girlfriend (2007 to 2008)
Krista Allen, ex-girlfriend (on & off since 2002)
Maria Bertrand, ex-girlfriend (2002)
Lisa Snowdon, ex-girlfriend (on & off since 2000)
Celine Balitran, ex-girlfriend (1996 to 1999)
Karen "Duff" Duffy, ex-girlfriend (1995)
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DailyTech has followed the development of the XO laptop for some time now from its first proposed price of $100 to the subsequent price increases bringing its cost to $188. Production delays with the XO laptop left many wondering if the OLPC would be able to produce enough laptops to meet its initial 100,000-unit order from Uruguay.
The XO notebook is also now facing competition from Intel, who has members on the OLPC board, in the global marketplace. After all the price increases and contracts lost to competitors, the XO notebook is finally in production. The OLPC Foundation told BBC News today that the XO laptop is now in production in a Quanta factory in Changshu, China.
"Today represents an important milestone in the evolution of the One Laptop per Child project," said Nicholas Negroponte, founder of OLPC. Negroponte told the BBC that the OLPC had reached this milestone "despite all the naysayers."
With the XO laptop now in full production the OLPC Foundation should have no trouble filling its first order of 100,000 XO notebooks for Uruguay and enough systems to cover the demand here in the United States for the Give 1 Get 1 promotion running from the 12th to November 26.
quote: All of the studies that I have seen has shown computers to be more of a distraction than a learning tool
quote: but the kids who will be using these will be too young to really understand the world anyways.
quote: In any case, computer access had consistently been shown to improve students' work. It was found that the ease of checking for spelling, and allowing major to minor edits without having to actually rewrite the entire essay was beneficial.
quote: Show me someone who understands the world and I'll show you peace.


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The nation's putatively conservative political party has walked away from negotiations to avert a fiscal calamity that was brought on by the refusal of the same political party to negotiate responsibly over a financial issue that affects virtually every American.
In that, the national Republican Party has all but forfeited its claim to seriousness, essentially abandoning its responsibilities to prevent a series of catastrophic tax hikes and spending cuts that would lurch the country back into recession. Instead, Republicans are leaving it to the House's minority Democrats, who now need to act swiftly.
Interestingly enough, this could actually be an advantage for Americans who care about a sensible approach to tax and spending policies, and for the Republican Party, itself. The idea is that Democrats would present a program that would appeal to enough centrist Republicans to gain a majority of votes in that chamber.
Thus, not only would Democratic tendencies be constrained by the need to draw GOP support from within the House, but also in the Senate, where Republicans promiscuously misuse the filibuster authority, requiring a 60-vote majority to pass just about anything.
That could be enough to forge a compromise among Democrats and Republicans to keep from plunging over the cliff. Without an agreement, the Bush tax cuts automatically expire on all Americans, the payroll tax cut championed by President Obama expires and $1.2 trillion in automatic spending reductions kicks in, half coming from military spending. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has already warned of the dire impact on military operations.
But the larger question is what will become of the Republican Party? Will it recover from two years of dirty dancing with the tea party to become what it once was: a plausible conservative alternative to the left-leaning Democrats? The nation needs the creative tension of two parties, each helping to check the other's excesses.
There is reason to hope. The tea party influence was weakened by November's elections in which Obama was convincingly re-elected and in which Republicans lost seats in both chambers of Congress.
This was a historically startling election. Obama won even though the economy remains weak and the nation's unemployment rate is stubbornly high. A Republican should have been able to win the White House.
But Republicans never presented themselves as a party that could be trusted to operate the levers of government in any kind of fair manner. Not only did most Americans blame the Bush administration for the continuing weakness in the economy, but they saw through the Republican obstructionism of the past four years and understood that the party was offering only the same old Kool-Aid as before.
Add to that the powerful force of fast-changing American demographics and it becomes clear that the non-evolving Republican Party is facing a mortal threat to its relevance, if not its existence.
It has been said that the Constitution is not a suicide pact – a document that must be obeyed even at the threat of the nation's security. It's a dicey concept, but if it is sometimes true regarding the Constitution, it is undeniably so about the need for political parties to pay fealty to their base.
Democrats moved toward the center after losing enough elections and the nation eventually elected Bill Clinton – twice. Republicans will have to do the same if they are to retain their influence in the nation's life. The effort to avoid the fiscal cliff would be a good place to start that work – without the tea party.


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It's 10PM and I have no plans... I'll just wait for the 3 hour rule to kick in.
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Tuff, who works in the school's front office, may have prevented a massacre in the compassionate way she dealt with gunman Michael Brandon Hill, as revealed in 911 tapes released Wednesday.
"Don't feel bad, baby. My husband just left me after 33 years. … I've got a son that's multiple disabled … It's all going to be well," she tells Hill on the tapes, while on the phone with the 911 dispatcher.
"We're not going to hate you, baby. It's a good thing that you're giving up, so we're not going to hate you," she tells him. "Let's do it before the helicopters and stuff like that come."
Tuff calms Hill down by empathizing with him, helping him come to the realization that he doesn't want to hurt anyone and should have gone to the hospital instead.
"It's going to be alright, sweetie. I just want you to know that I love you, though, okay? And I'm proud of you," she says. "That's a good thing that you're just giving up, and don't worry about it. We all go through something in life ... You're going to be okay."
Tuff narrates instructions from police to Hill, who lays aside his weapons and lies down on the ground, with his hands behind his back. Only when police have him restrained does Tuff break down.
"I'm going to tell you something baby, I've never been so scared in all the days in my life," she tells the 911 operator.
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quote: I think you're missing his point Jason. He's not even talking about foreign governments specifically. You or I could gather this information also which he mentions. It's freely available. Raytheon and any other US entity could collect and use this info and sell it to whoever. You could collect and sell it. I do wonder how the NSA can purchase this info (if they really are) legally as it violates the spirit of a certain law that prohibits them from doing so without a warrant. Although there is a time delay before they have to stop collecting. Loophole perhaps?
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Rob - "Don't talk to me, I've got Shit Pain today."
Carey - "Is that like period pain?"
Rob - "SHUT UP"
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To masterbate
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When you blow your load on your partners face to form a jizz "goalie mask".
There was 1 minute left, I was about to cum in her ass but instead I HAD to pull the goalie!
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The Orange County Sheriff's Office was asking for help Sunday to find a missing man, but the search ended when the man was found in another part of the state.
William Day, 82, was reported missing from his East Orange County home on Fitzhugh Road.
Investigators said Day was last seen Sunday morning, driving his 2008 metallic Nissan Quest minivan. Day was located by a Pompano Beach Police Department Officer in Broward County.
Authorities said Day has Alzheimer's disease and that may have inhibited his getting home safe.
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Do you have a Roth IRA? If so, excellent job, you've already done one of the best things you could probably do to ensure you have a financially viable retirement. If not, why not? If your excuse isn't, I make more than $110,000 and thus am not allowed to contribute, then your excuse is not good enough.
Don't have enough time? It takes literally fifteen minutes. Do it while you're watching American Idol or CSI: Saturn. Fifteen minutes. You spend more time getting dressed in the morning. Go to Vanguard, or Fidelity, or TD Ameritrade, or Etrade or your favorite brokerage firm. (I even linked to the Open Account page to save you a few seconds)
Don't have enough money? Did you know that if you contributed $4,000 (max for 2006 and 2007) right now and it appreciated at a mere 7% for the next twenty years, you would have $15,478.74? While that doesn't sound like a lot of money, 7% is a relatively conservative number for your investments. If you were to instead use 11%, you'd have $32,249.25. If you were to stretch the time out thirty years at 11%, you're talking $91,569.19 – all from a single $4,000 contribution right now.
Now, ignoring all those crazy appreciation numbers, remember that you don't have to contribute all $4,000. You can contribute $1,000 or $100, but you need to contribute something. (I'd argue that you want to contribute as much as you can to avoid low balance fees but $1,000 is better than $0)
Afraid you'll need the money? Since your Roth contributions are after-tax contributions, you can withdraw those contributions whenever you want. Dire emergency and you have no choice but to raid the Roth? You can still do it. You can still change your mind.
Opening a Roth IRA is ridiculously easy and it's not something to be afraid of. Don't be afraid you don't have enough money and instead challenge yourself to find a way to save a hundred bucks a month and at the end of the year you'll have $1,200 saved away (worth $27,470.76 in thirty years at 11%) that you didn't think you had. You have until April 16th to file your taxes this year so you have until April 16th to open up a Roth IRA and contribute to it for 2006. Go! Do it!{ 119 comments, please add your thoughts now! }


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Oral Lee Brown Has Sent More than 150 Children to College
She decided to offer 23 first-grade children at Brookfield Elementary School a full-ride to college with no realistic expectations that they would even graduate from high school.
In a school district with a 54 percent high school graduation rate, Browns' kids are beating the odds. Out of that first group of 23, 19 graduated from high school and enrolled in college.
"They didn't want to fail me," she says of their success. "I believe love can turn anything around."
Brown, 68, later established the Oral Lee Brown Foundation. To date 90 to 95 percent of her classes have graduated, with around 150 kids going to college.
"I don't have a magic wand," she says. "It is hard work, determination and love. I can't allow mine to fail."
Michael Tatmon, 32, is one of her grateful kids from that first class.
"Ms. Brown was always in my corner," says Tatmon, who graduated from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kan., with a degree in criminal justice in 2007 and a BA in criminology. "I appreciate her guidance, her wisdom. She taught us you can make it out of the hood."
She was also there for them on a personal level, he says.
"She was like a mother," says Tatmon, who recently started his own clothing, marketing and promotion company. "Out of my family members, I can say I'm one of the few who have never been in jail. That's a result of Ms. Brown in my life."
It all began when a young girl asked Brown for a quarter outside of a grocery store. Instead, she offered to take her inside and buy her something. Expecting her to pick out candy, the girl bought bread, bologna and other sandwich supplies.
Brown kept returning to the store to look for her. Then she decided to try the local elementary school. Three girls were absent from the two first-grade classes that day.
"The principal said, 'I'll give you a call when all the kids are there,'" Brown recalls. "So I get a phone call that all students are here today and I went through thinking I'd finally see her."
She didn't.
"So I just blurted out, 'Can I adopt one of the classes?'" she says. "'Give me the class you don't think will make it.'"
Brown also started Saturday school for the children and is trying to raise money to start a boarding school that will be a safe haven for these children, housing about 480 students.
"With the boarding school, my kids will be safe, with no bullets coming into their dorm," she says.
LaTosha Hunter, 32, who received a bachelor of arts degree in accounting from Alcorn State University in Lorman, Miss., says she wouldn't be the person she is today without Brown.
"Everyone has a purpose in life," she says. "And her purpose was that we had a better life."
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6 Words Made Up by Stupid People (We Should Learn to Accept)
Language is an evolving beast. What's incorrect today may very well be correct tomorrow if it falls into common usage. I know, I know: You can't stand people who use words wrong, or worse, make up words completely. But it is the way of progress, and arguing against it is pointless. Yet some of these stupid neologisms stand poised to take over existing words: Just look at what that uncultured heathen, "ain't," did to our beautiful "amn't."
We cannot let this happen. But we also cannot stop stupid words and phrases from existing. So we must do the only thing we can: We have to accept this idiot speech but alter its intended meaning enough so that we can still use the originals. Here, let me show you what I mean ...
#6. Irregardless
What People Think It Means
"Regardless." As in, "Regardless of your good work here, Gary, you're not allowed to use the copier to counterfeit arcade prize tickets."
But "irregardless" can't take the place of "regardless"! "Ir-" is already a negating prefix, as in "irrespective" or "irrelevant." And because "-less" is also a negative suffix, "irregardless" is a paradox. Using it would technically mean that you actually have regard for something -- in which case you can just say you fuckin' regard that shit!
What It Should Mean
"Regardless" is most often used in modern conversation to cede a minor point while simultaneously dismissing it. As in, "It's true, Gary, you could probably take the Funland security guards. But regardless, you're still using company property to defraud a nickel arcade."
"No, Gary, I don't think Billy is 'rubbing it in your face' -- I think he just really wants that skull ring."
Let's let "irregardless" officially take over that one specific use of "regardless."
Irregardless: When you do actually have regard for the subject matter but you just don't want to talk about it with that person anymore.
"Yes, I do admire the works of Godwin, Gary. But irregardless of anarchic philosophy, let's at least put on some pants, OK?"
#5. Misunderestimate
What People Think It Means
"Misestimate." "To estimate something incorrectly." As in, "It would indeed have been a sweet jump, Gary, but it appears you misestimated the distance and inadvertently landed your Corvette in the break room."
But we not only already have "misestimate" for general incorrectness, we also have "underestimate" and "overestimate" to further specify just how fucked one's general estimation skills have become. The Estimate Pool is full up. You have misunderestimated the amount of room in the Estimate Pool.
What It Should Mean
Misunderestimate: To underestimate the completely wrong thing.
As in, "Jim was watching out for Greg the whole time, but he misunderestimated the threat. Stacy from accounting was actually trying to warn him about Gary, who is currently hiding in Jim's cubicle with a steak knife."
#4. In Good Conscious
What People Think It Means
"In good conscience." As in, "I cannot, in good conscience, allow you to drink all that copy toner, Gary."
It's a weird mistake, because people are confusing sort-of sound-alike words -- "conscious" is not a homophone of "conscience," exactly, but it's close. A honophone?
What It Should Mean
In good conscious: Something you cannot do unless you're drunk, high, or otherwise inebriated.
As in, "I cannot, in good conscious, do anal," or "I cannot, in good conscious, attend this One Direction concert with you," or "I cannot, in good conscious, authorize company funds for 'a ho-run to TJ,' Gary."
That doesn't mean "No!" It just means "Slip some crank into my coffee and we'll talk about it later."


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A fat girl who is flat chested; a fat chick who does not have big tits. An overweight girl with small boobs.
See also big fat flatty.
See also big fat flatty.
That poor fat chick has small tits. She's a big flat fatty.
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quote: Well, not really. A judge can use his knowledge of prior art to judge the case. He does not rely on what the plantiffs and defendants present.
quote: If unsure, don't write a story bashing them for not considering art that they cannot consider because this was a lawsuit only related to infringement. Validity is a separate proceeding in Germany, so Motorola will still get its chance to invalidate the patent.Failure to review the prior art in this case doesn't show anything. The judge is deciding one issue at this proceeding: are the claims that apple asserts infringed by the device? That's it. Moto will get its chance to invalidate at a later time. Research first, write second please.
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Heterochromia is different colored eyes in the same person.
Differently colored eyes; Eyes - different colors
Heterochromia is uncommon in humans, but quite common in dogs (such as Dalmatians and Australian sheep dogs), cats, and horses.
Most cases of heterochromia are hereditary, caused by a disease or syndrome, or due to an injury. Sometimes one eye may change color following certain diseases or injuries.
Specific causes of eye color changes include:
Consult your health care provider if you notice new changes in the color of one eye, or two differently colored eyes in your infant. A thorough eye examination is needed to be sure this isn't a symptom of a medical problem.
Some conditions and syndromes associated with heterochromia, such as pigmentary glaucoma, can only be detected by a thorough eye exam.
Your health care provider may ask the following questions to help evaluate the cause:
An infant with heterochromia should be examined by both a pediatrician and an ophthalmologist for other possible problems.
A complete eye examination can rule out most causes of heterochromia. If there doesn't seem to be an underlying disorder, no further testing may be necessary. If another disorder is suspected, diagnostic tests, such as blood tests or chromosome studies, may be done to confirm the diagnosis.
Olitsky SE, Hug D, Plummer LS, Stass-Isern M. Abnormalities of pupil and iris. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 614.
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The federal government should not waste its time considering whether to impose a fee on passenger vehicles and pedestrians crossing the Canadian and Mexican borders.
The reason is simple. As Chris Plunkett, a spokesman at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, put it: "… any study would conclude that the considerable economic damage any fee would do would greatly outweigh any revenue generated."
If that isn't enough to convince the federal government that a fee will not raise the revenue it hopes for, then it ought to pay attention to the general manager of the Peace Bridge. Ron Rienas said much of the damage would occur on the American side, given that 75 percent of those who crossed the Peace Bridge in the first three months of the year were Canadians, many headed to stores in Western New York.
Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo, also raised a red flag. The Department of Homeland Security has suggested studying the fee in its 2014 budget proposal, released last week. Higgins did exactly what he should have done – send a rebuke to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano stressing that imposing a fee would not increase economic activity at the northern border, but do just the opposite.
Moreover, he makes a good point when he wonders aloud whether the fee at the northern border would be imposed only to help pay for the increased cost of protecting the Mexican border. Given that the proposed immigration reform requires tightening security along the border with Mexico, it's a good question.
Napolitano's memory was apparently playing tricks on her when she told Higgins at a Homeland Security Committee hearing last Thursday that she was not aware of any fee study. This despite the fact that her written testimony made a number of points about such a fee.
On paper, the secretary seems to think it's a good idea.
A fee at land border crossings would help pay for America's massive effort to patrol its borders, according to Napolitano-the-author. Despite millions of cross-border travelers each year accounting for $150 billion in economic activity, she says an outdated fee structure does not support security operations. And, she said, there is a "staffing gap" at border crossings.
Think of the impact Canadian shoppers have on our sales tax revenue and retail activity, and the Americans who pop across the border for a quick visit to Canada. Imposing a fee will give those travelers one more reason not to make the trip. And, of course, the devil's in the details on who would collect the new fee and what infrastructure would have to be created to do so.
As Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said, seeking to slap travelers here with onerous fees is a bad idea.


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Redmond Regional Medical Center is committed to safe, effective, and satisfying care for all of our patients. We take pride in measuring ourselves against the highest standards of care and national benchmarks. Each year, we set goals to achieve additional degrees of excellence. Some goals require multi-year efforts. Our commitment to continual improvement is demonstrated through the quality and safety designations that the physicians and staff have achieved. Some achievements apply to specific departments or services while others apply to the entire organization.
Reducing hospital-acquired infections is a focus of healthcare providers across the country. TriStar Centennial has partnered with numerous organizations such as the Center for Medicare and Medicaid, the Center for Disease Control, the Tennessee Center for Patient Safety, and Harvard University in reducing patient harm. We have launched system-wide improvements to assure better care. Infections result in increased health care costs and add time to the patient's hospital stay. TriStar Centennial has successfully reduced central line blood stream infections by ensuring continued compliance recommended best practices such as hand washing and appropriate catheter care. Based on the Center for Disease Control definitions, we have significantly reduced these infections by 62 percent in the adult critical care units and by 75 percent in the neonatal care unit.
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Redmond Health System facilities have been active partners in both the "100,000 Lives" and the "5 Million Lives" patient safety campaigns from The Institute For Healthcare Improvement. As a result of the 100,000 Lives campaign, estimates suggest that approximately 75,000 patient lives have been saved* by reducing medical errors. Our facilities also participated in data collection and protocol development throughout the "5 Million Lives" campaign to support the goal of protecting patients from incidents of medical harm.
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I wrote a review for the 4th book, but if you happen to check out the 1st book in the series, here goes. This is by far a wonderful series. It is bo..Show More »
This is the 2nd in the series and the 2nd Bostwick book for me. I again felt captivated with the new and returning characters from the first book. I..Show More »
I love this series, but find the Lyla character so frustrating. I just want to yell at her. Guess that is the idea of a good storyline.
This is a great series. It is clean, easy listening without being boring, if fact there are many lesson reminders that you were taught as a young per..Show More »
No. The combination of the heavy Christian slant and the voice of one of the narrators spoiled this experience for me. I might listen to another Mar..Show More »
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The women in this story were more focused on their problems and I found the story overall just depressing. I was kind of bummed.


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A smart - and attainable - goal is 200,000
by Dennis Halladay, Hoard's Dairyman Western Editor
The list of reasons why dairies should constantly work to lower their herd somatic cell count (SCC) is both long and old. Reasons that were good decades ago have only gotten better, and many new ones have been added in recent years, particularly as researchers have established a strong correlation between mastitis and reproduction.
Setting a smart SCC goal has always been hard for U.S. dairy producers because of how stupid the national legal limit of 750,000 is. This inflated number gives the impression that 500,000 is good and 400,000 is great. In reality, 400,000 is marginal at best - and proof that there are both problems and room for improvement.
SCC goal-setting was a featured presentation at the recent 2013 meeting of the National Mastitis Council July 23 and 24 in Portland, Maine. Frank Welcome, D.V.M., a member of the Quality Milk Production Services (QMPS) team at Cornell University, summarized experiences seen in the "400K Program" working with dairies in the Northeast to reduce bulk tank SCCs. It has eight key components:
- Use a team approach.
- Develop an udder health plan.
- Do a farm mastitis risk assessment.
- Develop a plan to reduce infection risk.
- Participate in a DHIA cell count program.
- Identify what pathogens are on the farm.
- Analyze cell count data.
- Do ongoing monitoring and surveillance.
The foundation of the program, however, is the hardest part of all: a determination by the dairy and its employees to get better, and a commitment to follow all program protocols. Not part-time or half-heartedly, but constantly and fully. Without that there is no point to even start.
The author has served large Western dairy readers for the past 36 years and manages Hoard's WEST, a publication written specifically for Western herds. He is a graduate of Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, majored in journalism and is known as a Western dairying specialist.
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The following case is reported in the hope of helping to solve the riddle of the symptom complex of disease of the kidneys and bones, dwarfing and infantilism, which goes by the name of renal rickets and dwarfism.
Dorothy H. (fig. 1), aged 18½ years, the second child of healthy parents, was born at term weighing 8 pounds (3,629 Gm.). She was nursed for three months. After weaning, no difficulty was experienced with her feeding. She took solid food as readily as her brother had. She walked and talked at the age of 2 years. The parents were not blood relatives. There was no known dwarf, giant or exceedingly thin person among the relatives. The maternal grandmother weighed about 200 pounds (90.7 Kg.). The maternal grandfather had died at the age of 42 of heart trouble.First Admission.—The girl was admitted first on April 21,
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January 22, 2008
Wordless Wednesday: The Books
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I've read a lot of pregnancy books, but none of those. Have fun reading!ReplyDelete
Great book selection. Happy reading.ReplyDelete
I love the Sears' library. Good choice!ReplyDelete
I've not read any of those pregnancy books - I wonder if it is because I was pregnant in 2003/2004 or because I was buying my books in Canada. It's a nice pic.ReplyDelete
I haven't read any of those books. I think that's because i was so sick and taking care of two other children. I just didn't have time to read!ReplyDelete
Great books!!! Congratulations!!!ReplyDelete
Fun stack of books! Congrats!ReplyDelete
have fun reading those books.I never read any of those..happy ww.ReplyDelete
I couldn't find those when I was pregnant. (My town's library is sooo small.) But I did read the Bradley method, and a really good one about midwifery (the name of it escapes me now.) Enjoy your reading!ReplyDelete
i didn't know peggy o'mara had a pregnancy book. cool!ReplyDelete
might i also suggest Ina May's Guide to Childbirth if you haven't read it yet? it's got some amazing, empowering birth stories in the first half of the book. i LOVED it!
I love the Dr. Sears Library of books!ReplyDelete
Dr. William Sears was my sister's doctor until she was 6 [he moved] and my family and his use to go to church together. I never heard of him until I was pregnant though. Go Figure!
Great books!
Oh I actually have read all those except the Veg one! I was going to recommend Ina May's book, but I see Amy already did. I have some others, let me know if you want more (related to home-birthing).ReplyDelete
Yup, you need to catch up on your reading now!ReplyDelete
Yeah!!!! Love those books.ReplyDelete
I love the top 3! My faves! And Ina May's birth book is pretty good too!ReplyDelete
Where is "Baby Wise"???? (TOTALLY KIDDING!!!)ReplyDelete
I had to enlarge the picture because I couldn't figure out what the top one was. Excellent choice!ReplyDelete
When you're pregnant with your 4th AND you find time to read, let me know how you do it!ReplyDelete
Looks like you have a lot of reading to do.ReplyDelete
Isn't it funny that we still read these books even after we've had a few kids? lolReplyDelete
Hey, I recognize a couple of those! : ) Hopefully you'll have time to read them!ReplyDelete
Happy reading!ReplyDelete
Stop by Livin' With Me to check out the Blogaholics Anonymous blogroll I have started.
Oh, I love The Pregnancy Book. I recommend it to all my friends. Not overly "crunchy" but still very reassuring and informational.ReplyDelete
I really love that your Bible is on the top. Congratulations and best wishes!ReplyDelete
HOW EXCITING!! I'm so thrilled to hear your good news! :) I'm expecting too...so now I have another pregnant mama to keep in touch with - love it, and congrats again!ReplyDelete
Congrats again, thanks for stopping by my blog as well.ReplyDelete
I have heard (haven't read myself) that the girlfriend's guide to pregnancy is a pretty cute/funny book. :) Ya know, might help take your mind of the not so pleasant part you are going through now.
:) Have a great Wednesday!
Looks like some good reading!ReplyDelete
Congrats! I'm sure you'll be bombarded with comments during your pregnancy like I was. Everyone wanted to know if we were "going for that girl" :)ReplyDelete
Great books and Happy WW
Congrats! Great list. Enjoy! Happy WWReplyDelete
I forgot to say CONGRATS!!!!ReplyDelete
Too bad you can't knit and read at the same time. I am so excited about the home birth...can't wait! I need to start planning activities to keep the boys entertained while waiting to hear the little cry!ReplyDelete
Yeah, I guess those kinds of books will be dominating your reading list for the next 8 months! How exciting!ReplyDelete
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I love "The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy." Hysterical and fun to read.ReplyDelete
how fun! you're a pro though, you could be righting a book for the rest of us :)ReplyDelete
yeah, I'm already losing my first language- writing not righting.ReplyDelete
Oooh, and I'll give you my "Complete Organic Pregnancy" book too! Because, I think you need just one more!ReplyDelete
Exciting reading for sure! Probably the best read list that I have seen in a while.ReplyDelete
What a wonderful time for your family. Hope that you are feeling better.
gread reads! you will definitely have to read Ina May Gaskin's books too :) i love, love, LOVE homebirth... so much so that tomorrow is my birthday and we will be spending it at a Support Midwifery march at our capital building!ReplyDelete
Good selection... the only one that scares me is the "Having a baby, naturally". I'm a wimp!ReplyDelete
Good selection... the only one that scares me is the "Having a baby, naturally". I'm a wimp!ReplyDelete
I saw this and then had to go find your announcement lol. I've skimmed through Having a Baby, Naturally and would love to own it if number seven ever comes along. I haven't read the others. :)ReplyDelete
My WW is over here: http://writingmom.bravejournal.com/entry/29908
I never read any of those books after my 1st pregnancy. WIth the second I'd read a certain part if I needed some info. By the 3rd, I had no time to read. Good Luck! Maybe your kids are quieter and more cooperative than mine. LOL!ReplyDelete
I guess there's LOTS more babywearing in your very near future!
That's a good glimpse of the type of books on my nightstand! I love it! My husband joked with me the other night... "this is our 4th baby... what is it you don't know about yet?!" Ahh... men!!ReplyDelete
Enjoy your reads... I haven't had a baby naturally - and this little man is a c-section, so you go girl!
- Audrey
Total opposite of what someone else I know is doing. Good for you!ReplyDelete
I have the Dr. Sears book but haven't seen the others before - they look like great reads! :)ReplyDelete
Congrats Stephanie! What wonderful news!ReplyDelete
Congrats! I had "Your Vegetarian Pregnancy."ReplyDelete
Good luck! It was hard for me not to blog about pregnancy and babyhood. Let's face it, we write what we know.
So cute. Yeah!ReplyDelete


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The Thunder are 5-0 for the first time ever. The franchise is off to its best start since the last lockout shortened season, where the team started 6-0. But that team didn't make the playoffs.
The first five games have had a little of everything. Five wins in a week isn't something you really ever see in the NBA, well, because lockout's don't compact seasons like this that often.
The opener was one of those games that was never really in doubt, but one where you couldn't exactly check completely out of it. The next three were nail-biters: A terrific close in Minnesota, a tough win with fireworks in Memphis and then a buzzer-beater over Dallas. And then a laugher, with the Thunder blistering the Suns.
So with OKC the only team 5-0 in the league, they're firmly in the top two or three of everyone's power rankings. And since everyone loves power rankings, or at least everyone loves to click on them and then gripe about the actual rankings, I figured I'd apply the same thing specifically to the Thunder. But with a twist. Here's a new Monday feature: Thunder Player Power Rankings.
(Note: I totally got this idea from Seth Rosenthal of NY Magazine.)
1. Kevin Durant (Last week: N/A) — 27.4 ppg | 7.0 rpg | 4.2 apg | 58.4 FG% | 50.0 3P%
Let's recap Kevin Durant's opening week: 30, 33, 32, 30 and then 12 points. A game-winner. At least three assists in every game including two with six. An opening week PER of almost 30. If the season ended today, he'd be the MVP, and it wouldn't be close. His team is winning and he's playing incredible basketball. Efficient, confident and he's added new things to his game.
2. Kendrick Perkins (Last week: N/A) — 6.2 ppg | 5.6 rpg | 1.0 bpg | 52.9 FG%
New Perk equals a good Perk. His Twitter account was a casualty of the opening week, but as long as he's playing like this, it doesn't matter. His first five games were All-Defense type of performances. He shut down Dirk late, he absolutely owned Dwight Howard and he held Marc Gasol down against Memphis. Perk has been nothing short of terrific.
3. James Harden (Last week: N/A) — 16.0 ppg | 6.0 rpg | 4.o apg | 42.2 FG% | 27.3 3P%
Yeah, he needs to start, but he was wonderful in his role anyway this week. I think Harden could average 18-20 a game this season, but if that's going to happen, he's got to score more in the second half. Right now, he's averaging just 6.2 points in the second half of each game. He's been fantastic in the first half but as the game winds to crunchtime, Harden becomes more of a decoy/distributor, which I'm not a big fan of. He's too good to be marginalized at any point in the game.
4. Russell Westbrook (Last week: N/A) — 16.0 ppg | 4.4 rpg | 5.2 apg | 5.4 tpg | 37.5 FG%
What's wrong with Russell Westbrook? Here's your answer: He's still Russell Westbrook. Hasn't changed. He's still the sometimes erratic, emotional but supremely talented point guard that can carry a team or kill it. He's turning the ball over too much, not scoring well, not shooting well and not distributing well. He's off to a slow start. But he's going to be fine. He hasn't gotten to the rim much this year taking only 4.3 shots a game at the rim so far this season. That's where Westbrook feasts. Once he gets back to attacking and finishing, the jumper and assists will come. It's far too small a sample size to really worry. Remember: KD started pretty slow last season and didn't really come around until late December.
5. Daequan Cook (Last week: N/A) — 7.6 ppg | 1.6 rpg | 0.2 apg | 54.2 FG% | 57.1 3P%
Cook is hitting almost two and a half 3s a game. And not just that, but he knocked down a number of very timely shots. He's playing just 12.2 minutes a night, but he's been a major impact player thus far.
6. Thabo Sefolosha (Last week: N/A) — 6.4 ppg | 2.2 rpg | 0.6 apg | 52.9 FG% | 62.5 3P%
Harden should still start, but you can't deny that Thabo has been pretty good so far. He's hitting his open shots, playing aggressively and his defense on Rudy Gay in Memphis was really solid. If Sefolosha can continue with this type of play, where he's actual a mild factor in the offense when he's on the floor, he's a big part of OKC winning and not a frustrating player you want to blame everything on.
7. Nick Collison (Last week: N/A) — 6.0 ppg | 2.2 rpg | 1.0 bpg | 76.5 FG%
Nick Collison has only taken one charge so far this season? WHAT'S WRONG?
8. Serge Ibaka (Last week: N/A) — 6.8 ppg | 6.0 rpg | 2.2 bpg | 51.7 FG%
The first two games weren't great for Ibaka, but it was more about his minutes than anything else. Against Memphis he had a big block, then against Dallas showed up in a big way, playing his best game so far.
9. Eric Maynor (Last week: N/A) — 4.0 ppg | 1.8 rpg | 3.4 apg | 32.0 FG% | 36.4 3P%
Kind of a quiet week for Maynor. He turned the ball over a little more than usual, didn't shoot well and didn't distribute all that well. But that's just the bar he's set for himself. As a backup point guard, we expect big things all the time from him.
10. Nazr Mohammed (Last week: N/A) — 3.4 ppg | 4.4 rpg | 0.6 bpg | 47.1 FG%
How about that little drive Nazr finished off for an and-1 where faked a pass and then finished at the rim against Phoenix? That was slick.
11. Cole Aldrich (Last week: N/A) — 1.0 ppg | 1.5 rpg | 0.5 bpg | 50.0 FG%
I thought Aldrich might've been setting himself up to potentially crack the Thunder's rotation, but that was probably a bit optimistic. I firmly believe he's not going to go the way of Byron Mullens and become a project big man that never found a way to play. He's got the potential to be an impact defensive player and there's still a lot of time with him. It's just his second season.
12. Reggie Jackson (Last week: N/A) — 2.0 ppg | 0.0 rpg | 1.0 apg | 33.3 FG% | 0.0 3P%
One thing that bothers me about Jackson: He wears his warmup collar folded down. I don't know why, but I feel like it looks terrible on the bench. He's always the first guy up giving fives and stuff, but he needs to work on his bench style. Towel placement, warmup style — all of that stuff. Royal Ivey needs to hold a seminar on it.
13. Lazar Hayward (Last week: N/A) — 7.0 ppg | 0.0 rpg | 0.0 apg | 60.0 FG%
He's only been active for two games but saw time against the Magic. Two things I learned: He's a better athlete than I thought and his headband is very straightforward. No nonsense with that accessory for Zar.
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The Web of Things and Sun SPOTs
By Vipul Gupta on Oct 09, 2010
You've probably heard about energy meters that can tweet your electrcity consumption, digital picture frames that can download photos from Flickr, phones that let you track their location on the Internet, and weighing scales that can post your weight on the Web! Clearly, the Internet isn't just a network of computers any more. It is quickly evolving into the Internet of Things.
For the first time ever, more devices than new human subscribers came online with AT&T and Verizon last quarter. This is just the latest data point to validate what many have predicted -- the number of Internet-connected "things" will soon be orders of magnitude larger than the number of users and traditional computers.
-- Erik Wilde, Putting things to REST
The Web of Things is a vision where such everyday objects are seamlessly integrated into the World Wide Web (WWW) using its well-known standards and blueprints, e.g. URIs, HTTP and REST. My colleague,David Simmons, and I offered a hands-on lab titled "Building the Web of Things with Sun SPOTs" at the recently concluded JavaOne 2010 conference. It presents the motivation, key concepts and relevant technologies behind this vision. All of the lab material -- introductory slides (see below), coding exercises and accompanying instructions -- is now available publicly. You may browse it online or download it as a ZIP file.