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What Is Histrionic Personality Disorder?
Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is a condition that is a part of a larger group of psychological disorders, called dramatic personality disorders.
People with HPD have a distorted mental image of themselves. They often base their self-esteem on the approval of others. This creates a need to be noticed. Because of this, people with histrionic personality disorder may resort to dramatic antics.
Women are diagnosed with HPD more often than men, but that may be because men report their symptoms less often than women.
What Causes Histrionic Personality Disorder?
The exact cause for histrionic personality disorder is unknown. Psychiatrists believe it is an outcome of both environmental and genetic factors.
Some families have a history of HPD, which lends credit to the theory that the condition is caused by genetics. On the other hand, children of parents with HPD may also simply be exhibiting behavior they learned from their parents. It is also possible that a lack of discipline or positive reinforcement as a child can cause HPD. A child may learn HPD behaviors as a way to get attention from their parents.
No matter the cause, HPD usually presents itself by early adulthood.
Recognizing the Signs of Histrionic Personality Disorder
Histrionic personality disorder is not a devastating psychological disorder. Most people with HPD function successfully in society and at work. In fact, people with HPD usually have great people skills. Unfortunately, they often use these skills to manipulate others.
According to the American Psychiatric Association's guidelines, a person should display five of the following symptoms to be diagnosed with HPD (APA):
- be uncomfortable or unhappy if not the center of attention
- be overly seductive or sexual
- have emotions that change very quickly
- use physical appearance to draw the attention of others
- talk in a way that lacks detail and relies on personal impressions
- use very theatrical expressions
- be very suggestible or influenced by the opinions of others
- believe personal relationships are more intimate than they really are
The Cleveland Clinic states that those with HPD may also be easily frustrated or bored with routines, make rash decisions before thinking, or threaten to commit suicide in order to get attention (Cleveland Clinic).
Diagnosis of HPD
There is no specific test that is used to diagnose HPD. If you are troubled by your symptoms and seek medical care, your doctor will likely begin by taking a complete medical history. He or she may perform a physical exam to rule out any physical problems that might be causing your symptoms.
If your doctor doesn't find a physical cause for your symptoms, he or she may refer you to a psychiatrist. Psychiatrists are specifically trained to recognize and treat psychological disorders. A psychiatrist will be able to use expert questions to get a clear view of the history of your behavior. An accurate assessment of your behaviors will help your doctor diagnose you, using the APA guidelines.
However, most people with this condition do not believe they need therapy or help, making diagnosis difficult. According to the National Library of Health, many people who have HPD receive a diagnosis after they go into therapy for depression and anxiety, usually following a failed relationship or other personal conflicts (NLM).
Treatment of HPD
Treatment can be difficult if you have histrionic personality disorder. People with HPD often don't feel they need treatment, or they find the routine of a treatment program to be unappealing to them. However, therapy (and sometimes medications) can help a person with HPD.
Psychotherapy is the most common and effective treatment choice for HPD. This kind of therapy involves talking to a therapist about your feelings and experiences. Such talks can help you and your therapist determine the reasoning behind your actions and behaviors. Your therapist may be able to help you learn how to relate with people in a positive manner, instead of continually trying to get attention from them.
If you experience depression or anxiety as a part of your HPD, your doctor might put you on anti-depressants or anti-anxiety medication. These drugs are potentially addictive, so it is not advised that you stay on them for a long period of time.
Long-Term Outlook for a Person with HPD
Lots of people with HPD lead normal lives, and are able to work and be a part of society. In fact, many people with HPD do very well in casual settings and encounter problems only in more intimate relationships. Depending on your case, your HPD may affect your ability to hold a job, maintain a relationship, or stay focused on life goals. It also may cause you to constantly seek adventure, putting you into risky situations.
You are also at a higher risk for depression if you have HPD. The disorder can affect how you handle failure and loss, and make you more frustrated when you do not get what you want. You should talk to your doctor if you feel that you have symptoms of HPD, especially if they are interfering with your everyday life and work, or your ability to lead a happy, fulfilling life.


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September 22, 2009
The Hills And The Rain
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This post is so simply beautiful that it's choking me up.ReplyDelete
Indeed, dance in the rain. Wish I'd thought to take the baby out to dance today.
Such perfect metaphors for life.ReplyDelete
Such perfect photos to match those metaphors.
You always say everything exactly right.
Awww! The rain dance pics are the best!ReplyDelete
And who knew that the Cozy Coupe now comes in a swanky hybrid model??? :-)
I love that pic of her and Gray.ReplyDelete
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What great snapshots and thoughts for life!ReplyDelete
those photos are great! Calvin loves the car, of course.ReplyDelete
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Oh, Ivy has beautiful ballerina arms already! Gorgeous!ReplyDelete
I heard that those little kiddy cars sell more each year than any other brand of car. That? Is fun.ReplyDelete
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The former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 45, who has two children via surrogate with her ex-husband, former Frasier star Kelsey Grammer, was at an elevated risk for cancer due to genetic issues, her rep says.
"[She] has been diligent about regular checkups and monitoring, which explains the early detection and rapid treatment," says Bragman.
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Endometrial cancer, which affects the lining of the uterus, is the most common cancer of the female reproductive system, Health.com reports, with 49,600 cases occurring each year in the US. It's not known what causes it, and there is no reliable screening system to detect the disease but risk factors include hormone imbalance, high blood pressure and diabetes.


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South Tahoe High School Spanish teacher Maria Luquin surveyed the group of high school students before her on Tuesday as she went over the logistical details of an upcoming Generation Green field trip to San Francisco.
"Who here needs sleeping bags? Raise your hands," Luquin said.
Hands shot up around the classroom. Some of the members of the student club had never been to San Francisco. Others had never been hiking or camping before joining the program designed to teach students about forestry and the Tahoe environment.
Generation Green started in 2008 as a direct result of a U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit work project, Forest Service Conservation Education Program Specialist Joy Barney said. Youth worked for the LTBMU during the summer, and by the next year, the students along with Forest Service and Lake Tahoe Unified School District advisors like Luquin established the club.
"It's really working on our local community and we're targeting kids who don't have access to these opportunities. We're trying to attract students who haven't had access to the outdoors, and activities like backpacking and camping," Barney said.
Neither junior Karina Enriquez nor senior Daniel Loyola had much outdoor experience before they joined the club. Now Enriquez works as the club's Forest Service liaison and Loyola is the treasurer.
"Generation Green is awesome. I'm very interested in the Lake Tahoe environment and it sounded like a fun way to meet people," Loyola said.
The STHS senior wants to pursue forestry work after graduation, hopefully with a position in the LTBMU, he said.
Loyola wouldn't be the first Generation Green club member to join the USFS ranks. South Lake Tahoe native Hillary Santana wasn't new to the outdoors when she helped lead the first Generation Green summer work group as assistant crew leader in 2008, but she hadn't previously thought about a USFS career.
"I had such a phenomenal summer with Joy. I learned so much and I thought that maybe I would pursue the Forest Service as a career," Santana said.
While studying for a biology degree from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, Santana spent her summers working with the LTBMU. She said she wanted to keep abreast of the opportunities Generation Green opened. When she graduated in 2012, she already had a job lined up in the USFS special uses program.
"Basically Generation Green prepared me to get my foot in the door. They try and create opportunities for you to come back," Santana said.
When the STHS alum isn't working full time as the special uses permitting administrator with the LTBMU, she's coaching volleyball games at the high school. It's a way to give back to her community, she said.
The goal of Generation Green is to open up those opportunities for youth, Barney said, but it's up to the students to capitalize on them.
"We're providing an avenue for them and they've been taking it to amazing degrees," Barney said.
It's not just a path to a degree in environmental science or engineering though, LTBMU conservation education assistant Megan Dee said. Generation Green also emphasizes and teaches leadership skills.
"It's a place of belonging for them. They feel this is their club. If students are looking to be in some sort of environmental group, great. But the leadership opportunities are really stressed," Dee said.
On Tuesday the teens prepared for a weekend trip to an Outdoor Nation Intensive Leadership Training Summit in San Francisco. It's two days of intensive development lessons to teach students how to grow and sustain community action plans, projects and organizations. On Saturday at 5 a.m. the club will lumber into the bus and drive to the coast ready with sleeping bags and a passion for the outdoors.
"This club opens up opportunities for students that they didn't know existed. It really changes lives and it really develops leadership," Luquin said.


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What is left on one's upper lip after performing successful oral sex on a female. Much like a milk mustache.
After I went down on Donna, I had a huge poonstache.
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Tom sellecks mustache is known as the "Poonstache" and counts as it's own habitat, containing such creatures as the rare, but not uncommon Tony Danza.
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Aside from what has been said about moustaches and pussy, it is what someone has when they havn't shaven and do not quite have a full moustache yet.
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The pubic hair that sticks out the side of a womans bathing suit or underwear.
What is taking Tina so long to get her bathing suit on?",... "She is in the bathroom trimming her poonstache so she looks presentable
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Also known as the "fagetstache". Poonstache's can be found on anyone that is a homosexual.
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When someone eats a girl out with a yeast infection and gets yeast on there lip and it looks like a milk stache.
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Sinse "poontang" is a common slang reference for women of a certain bent, "poonstache" refers to a man's stable of women that are always available to take care of him.
My current roommate has an expansive list of "poonstache" that are always available to him for any reason that he desires.
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A bucket that is placed on the head of someone that says something really retarded. This person must wear the Dope Bucket until someone else says something fucking retarded. Also refferd to as db.
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(Updated at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Clarification: A story on Page A1 in Monday's Mirror reported some Penn State officials expressed concerns about the lyrics in the song "Sweet Caroline," following the Jerry Sandusky scandal. According to Greg Myford, PSU associate athletic director for business relations and communications, no song changes to the Beaver Stadium playlist this year have been made based on lyrics. Myford said "Sweet Caroline" has been brought up at other times in recent years because it is played in many other collegiate and professional venues and "has no real origination at Penn State." While wholesale changes to what happens on game day are not in store, Myford said some "updating" will occur, and "'Sweet Caroline' was one of the songs we decided to switch out." Myford added, "That happens each year for both recorded music and the Blue Band."
UNIVERSITY PARK - Penn State fans will notice some significant differences Saturday when the Nittany Lions open the 2012 college football season against Ohio University.
Some will be obvious - such as the presence of new head coach Bill O'Brien, hired in January to replace the late Joe Paterno, and the fact that the players will have their names on the back of their jerseys for the first time in Penn State history.
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The arrival of Penn State's football team at Beaver Stadium is among the changes fans can expect at Saturday's opener.
Other changes will be more subtle as Penn State attempts to move forward after the Jerry Sandusky trial and harsh NCAA sanctions.
"The thing our fans have come to expect is a great gameday experience. On a national level, we know we are very highly regarded for the Penn State gameday experience," Greg Myford, associate athletic director for business relations and communications, said. "We are not making any wholesale changes to that."
The first change will come in the team's arrival. Previously, the blue buses arrived 90 minutes before kickoff with the players already in their uniforms, and fans gathered outside the entrance to greet them.
Coaches and players will arrive at Beaver Stadium on blue buses as they have for years, but they'll do so much earlier than in the past. And they will not be in uniform when they exit the buses.
For the season opener, a noon start, the buses should pull up outside the south end of the stadium around 9:15 a.m.
Players will then exit the buses and change into their uniforms inside the stadium.
"How they arrive is not changing. Fans along Porter Road and Curtin Road will still be able to cheer and show their support as the buses move to the stadium," Myford said. "Instead of changing at Lasch Building, riding over and carrying their helmets and shoulder pads, they'll simply arrive and change at the stadium. So they need to be there a little earlier."
Once the team and fans enter the stadium, the gameday presentation kicks into gear as usual. Under the direction of Altoona native Guido D'Elia, the former director of branding for football who was dismissed earlier this year, Beaver Stadium built a reputation (after lean years in terms of success for the Nittany Lions in the early 2000s) for its atmosphere and annual "whiteouts."
Aside from D'Elia, virtually all of the same personnel return to their production roles for the stadium show this season. Myford said their focus in preparation for the season has been more about the final product and less about what to call it.
"We haven't spent a lot of talking about it as the 'Greatest Show' or something else," he said. "We want to have a good approach and good reason for what we do. We want it to be an enjoyable experience for the fans. What we call it, if we call it anything, is of secondary importance."
About three dozen people (a combination of athletic department employees, partners from Learfield Sports, production personnel and students) play a role in the show at the stadium on gameday. Counting a team of students outside the stadium, as well as the Blue Band, dance team and others, that number balloons to more than 500 people having a role in shaping what fans experience on the way to the stadium or see from their seats.
Taking D'Elia's role as coordinator of all the activity inside the stadium will be longtime athletic department employee Jim Nachtman.
From a booth in the press box on the west side of the stadium, he'll be wearing a set of headphones and have the ability to connect with the Blue Band, public address announcer, production crew (which operates out of the Bryce Jordan Center) and others.
Nachtman has a experience for the job, having helped with the show in the past. He also coordinates the athletic department's broadcasting and production efforts in venues across campus (Jordan Center, Rec Hall and soon Pegula Arena), leads a team of full-time employees and students who handle those productions and coordinates with broadcast networks on other projects throughout the year.
His right-hand man on gameday will be John Foreman, who has been in a similar role for several seasons and who works for the Altoona Curve as director of creative services. In that position, Foreman controls what happens on the scoreboard and field throughout the game and between innings for the team that has crafted a reputation as presenting one of the better gameday experiences in minor league baseball.
"There are probably not going to be any major changes in terms of what people see at Beaver Stadium," Foreman said. "We'll see what works."
The Blue Band's traditional pregame show will remain intact. That means the "Floating Lions," alma mater, drum major flip and everything associated with it starting with the drumline's cadence to lead the band onto the field.
After O'Brien attended the band's banquet earlier this year and said he enjoyed that part of the college football atmosphere, it might not be a surprise for music from the band to pop up a little more regularly during the game itself. That will take coordination, though.
"Obviously it's easier to press a button and get some music we have cued up playing than to get the band at the exact-right moment, but there might be a little more band at times," Foreman said. "There will also be some different music and videos that we'll try."
The non-band-related music will feature mostly what has been part of the mix inside the stadium the past few years. And while the Boston Red Sox, Pitt football and others have elevated "Sweet Caroline" to a staple for their games, that popular PSU tradition may be interrupted or discontinued.
Some concerns by university officials about its lyrics - "touching you touching me" - and the perception of people singing along to them in light of the recent scandal have been expressed.
A final decision will be made this week.
(Editor's note: See clarification at top of story.)
New strength coach Craig Fitzgerald will select pregame music for the football team's stretching exercises. A separate field-level sound system will be used to play that music.
Also, the annual pre-game video used to excite the crowd will be unveiled Friday at Football Eve - the preseason pep really at Beaver Stadium that will be expanded this year to include representatives from every possible varsity sports team at the university in order to emphasize the "One Team" approach that really has become more than a motto for coaches and teams.
Myford said the production crew has worked hard on coordination and planning. They begin each week with a planned, minute-by-minute rundown for what should happen in terms of their production during the game. But he said consideration of contingencies and what-ifs is a must-and that a smooth-as-possible performance on gameday represents a best-case scenario.
"Like any live event, there's only so much practice you can do," he said. "When the red light goes on, and you're live, you do the best you can."
Myford said improvements have also been made to the quality and quantity of the scoreboard video productions.
Walt Frank is at 946-7467. Steve Sampsell covers the broadcast end of Penn State football for the Mirror's weekly Gameday publication.


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A band whore is often confused with a groupie. While a groupie is a girl that sleeps with the band, a band whore is a girl that will sleep with the band, the road crew, managers, let explicit photos of her be taken, masturbate in front of said people, and do it all while sober.
That chick wearing too much make-up over there is a complete band whore.
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A person who gets in so many bands and keeps quitting and going in different bands.
Craig Mabbit is a band whore. He was in so many bands I can't even count.
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In high school, the girl in the band room that goes out with all of the guys at some point or another.
Usually a striking brunette who plays alto saxophone very badly.
clever tarafından 12 Aralık 2003, Cuma
Person who sleeps with numerous members of bands yet normally is not a slut outside of fucking the bands.
Rayne, girl who did 5 guys in my band but wouldnt hit with no one who isnt in the scene
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A black-listed prostitute.
That skanky-assed bitch shot her pimp and now she's a band whore.
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someone in multiple bands.
alex. alex. dave grohl.
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a person who lives their life to tell others of their connections to certain famous and not so famous band members
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Sacramento officers made an arrest in a stabbing homicide that happened earlier this week.
The Sacramento Police Department said 27-year-old Tiana Smith-Anderson was caught by a team, and now faces murder charges in connection with the death of 84-year-old Singh Singh.
Smith–Anderson is believed to have stabbed Singh multiple times near the 4400 block of Sixth Avenue on Monday.
Singh was found dead inside his home by a family member, police said.
The Sacramento Fire Department was the first to the scene and pronounced him dead.
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quote: That's ludicrous considering this is a foreign import supercar.
quote: No turbos. Despite what they try to market, turbos does not actually make an engine more efficient. Turbos are popular for power. They are also necessary to escape the EU's stupid engine size tax. Turbos normally need a lower compression and lower A/F ratio. Lower A/F ratio means you are burning more fuel per hp.


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(Editor's note: The Omaha World-Herald allowed the Mirror to use its goal-line photo, by Alyssa Schukar, in our print edition only. To view the photo online, click the link below.)
LINCOLN, Neb. - A photo is supposed to be worth 1,000 words. A photo by the Omaha World-Herald should have been worth seven points.
The image clearly shows that Penn State tight end Matt Lehman had the football secure in his hands when he extended it across the goal line.
Touchdown, right?
"Yeah, no doubt," ABC broadcaster Sean McDonough said during Saturday's TV broadcast of the Nittany Lions' game at Nebraska.
Only it wasn't ruled a touchdown. The ball popped out of Lehman's hands on a bang-bang play at the goal line, Nebraska recovered in the end zone, and Big Ten replay officials upheld the call on the field that it was a fumble rather than a TD.
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The controversial call became the talk of Nittany Nation and outraged fans on social media sites all day Sunday, with many people blaming Penn State's 32-23 loss squarely on the officials.
Had it been ruled a touchdown, and with a successful extra point, the Lions would have scored seven points to take a 30-27 lead with 7:39 left in the game. Instead, the fumble preserved Nebraska's 27-23 lead, and the Cornhuskers shut down two Penn State drives in the closing minutes to win.
"It looked to us that the ball did cross the goal line," ABC's Chris Spielman said during the broadcast.
Penn State quarterback Matt McGloin expressed his frustration - and even ignited talk of a conspiracy theory among Lions fans - after the game when he said, "We're not going to get that call here. We're not going to get that call ever, actually, against any team. It doesn't matter who the refs are. That's the way it is."
The Mirror contacted the Big Ten on Sunday seeking comments about the controversial call and about the perceived conspiracy theory against Penn State. A Big Ten spokesman said Commissioner Jim Delany was not available for comment.
Penn State also had an important and questionable holding call on a punt go against it in a loss to Ohio State at Beaver Stadium two weeks ago. That, along with the call Saturday, has some fans believing the Big Ten has an agenda against Penn State because of the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
Lions coach Bill O'Brien was asked about the conspiracy theory notion and said, "We don't feel anyone's out to get us."
"I don't think anyone's biased toward if Penn State's going to get a call or not," center Matt Stankiewitch said. "I think the refs probably did the best that they could at that time. The call could have went either way. Sometimes I watched it on the screen I thought we were in, sometimes I didn't think we were in."
While many fans want to blame the officials, Penn State's players placed the blame squarely on their shoulders. The Lions led at the half, 20-6, but were outscored in the second half, 26-3.
"I've gotten a bunch of texts saying that he scored," PSU defensive tackle Jordan Hill said. "Maybe it might have been a bad call, but we shouldn't have been in that predicament anyway."
Whether the ball crossed the plane of the end zone or not, had Lehman not lost control of it, the Lions would have been facing third-and-inches at the goal line on the next play with a chance to take the lead.
Even if it had been a touchdown, it wouldn't have ensured a PSU victory. The Cornhuskers had been moving the ball effectively and would have had more than seven minutes - going with the wind and with one of the Big Ten's best place-kickers - to try and overcome what would have been a 30-27 deficit.
Penn State earlier had lost another fumble at the Nebraska 5-yard line, McGloin threw a costly interception to start the third quarter and the Lions' defense struggled against Cornhuskers' offense.
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Last week in Las Vegas, Blue Marble Media principals Ben and Cara Barineau were awarded a Gold World Medal for the company's video and motion graphics production, The Supply Chain Revolution. Created for client Manhattan Associates, the corporate image video combines original footage shot in New York City with motion graphics that track with the action in each scene.
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quote: -lighter than any Ultrabook
quote: -typical resolution for Sub-$1000 Ultraportable
quote: -average Ultrabook battery life
quote: -runs warm , no reviewer said "hot"
quote: -no review mentioned fan noise to be intruding
quote: -typical Intel graphics, same as 90% of notebooks
quote: -since when was 720p camera not enough for conference calls?
quote: -what's wrong with the stylus mount?
quote: -low build quality? what? have you even read reviews?
quote: -how is the power connector design any better/worse than Apples magsafe?
quote: -two of the most revolutionary keyboard designs ever, why don't you try them first?
quote: -what tablet can you use on your lap with a keyboard?
quote: -it's a Windows 8 delivery vehicle, designed to expand on the features of the OS, specifically touch. so obviously it runs Windows 8. if you have a problem with that and want Windows 7, go ahead and load Windows 7 on it and enjoy the 'excellent' touch support Windows 7 offers.
quote: It's competing with the top of the line tablets
quote: Also, why is having a stylus a bad thing?
quote: This is BY FAR (very, very far, acutally) the strongest selling point of the Surface Pro. You an run the vast majority of Windows apps on it
quote: We have since moved into a world where it is far more convenient to have everything just work. Your average person doesn't want to kludge around with installing PC software, updating drivers and dealing with scaling modes.
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TWC9: Windows 8, Code Formatting Macro, You will love Debugger Canvas
- Posted: Jun 03, 2011 at 10:02PM
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I will I like like CSS ? Visual Basic?
and so you're back
from outer space
I just walked in to find you here
with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed my stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second
you'd be back to bother me
Welcome back.
@Dr Herbie:Thanks! But did you think I'd crumble? Did you think I'd lay down and die? I will survive!
Guys you totally skipped the cool part of the XNA Starter Kit port. It is not a guide how to port XNA games to the web. It is a TOOL that compiles IL (as opposed to C# in Script#) code to JS and he's ported the XNA Starter Kit as a proof of concept. Your review fails to convey the total awesomeness of this announcement.
As for the Win 8 announcement they'd better not wait for september because the Windows devs are in rage right now because JS and HTML were mentioned and not .NET.
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you are good
i using css ,html, php..
I want to know where download the windows 8?
i am Chinese
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Great to have you back guys! Last week was just not the same without you.
@CKurt:Thanks man!
The download for your tip is a dead link.
@ChrisStepaniuk: Weird, I clicked on all of them and they opened, which link doesn't work for you?
Wow. I would really like to see debugger canvas as a built in tool in visual studio and the default for stepping through breakspoints.
@LCARSNxG:Agree, I hope it gets integrated in the future
I'm so confused. Is BUILD the new PDC? Or is there going to be a separate PDC? I can only go to one and I don't want to miss out on this waiting for a PDC announcement that may or may not happen.
@dtower: Apologies for the confusion, there is no PDC this year, the event you'll want to go to is BUILD
@Dan: In the absence of PDC, will BUILD be targetting the same audience, range of topics as PDC? I'm curious because all the marketing I've seen for BUILD seems to imply that it will be entirely about developing for the new Windows 8 app model (HTML5+js) and less about languages, technology and software development in the windows ecosystem in general.
I was hoping to attend PDC again this year, but BUILD seems like it might be too App & UI centric to be of interest for me.
Brian, I so remember FCompress. It blamed a floppy read error when you tried it on another computer... Ah, the good old days...
Debugger canvas looks fantastic! I'd love to get my hands on it when it's available.
The debugger canvas video is awesome! Can't wait to try and use it.
@Dan, Thanks for clearing that up. All is now right in my world.
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Cozy Cave House in Granada
Size50 m²
Floor No.
- Kitchen
- Smoking allowed
- Towels
- Baby cot
- Family/child friendly
|calle Boli, 18010 Granada, Spain
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Beautiful fully renovated cave house in Granada's Albaicin quarter, the house is 50 square meters and has two bedrooms with a very comfortable beds where you going to have very relaxing nights. The living room has a very comfortable sofa double bed and a TV. The kitchen is fully equipped with all the things you need to prepare your meals, making your stay easier and perfect(fridge, microwave, cooking utensils ...). There is also a bathroom with beautiful tiles and a walking in shower.
The most remarkable feature of these houses is that throughout the year keep the same temperature (18-20 ° C) giving the impression of coolness in summer and warmth in winter. Yet the house has heating and has also internet connection, television and other amenities for a pleasant stay.
Tranquility Alley Boli, a typical street in the Albaicin, out of any type of noise, makes the stay in this cave house is very quiet. All this combined with the unique feeling of sleeping in a beautiful cove rehabilitated.
In Granada you can visit the most important places by foot, the house is very well located and you will not have transport problems. Ideal to discover the culture and local cuisine.
Very close to the house, just 100 meters taxis and bus stop (bus Alhambra, Albaicin, lines 31-32), shops, bars, markets, souks and Albaicin supermarkets. The viewpoint of S. Nicholas is only 200 meters. The coast of Granada is about 30 minutes' drive and Sierra Nevada about 20 minutes.
Hope to see you soon!
The house comes clean, it makes sense to return it in the same state.
The check in time is between 13h-15h and 18h-22h.
The wifi key is provided upon arrival and departure must be before 12 am if not told otherwise.
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|Price for > 2 guests
|$ 18 US per guest/night extra
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Initially we had booked the house Cueva, but for a small mistake Miguel booked us another of his apartment (https://www.wimdu.it/offers/BM3RT8NV). We can only say that the change we loved it! The apartment is gorgeous and very quaint, perfect for a stay (even longer) to Granada. It is located in the Albaicin district, a wonderful area! And we loved the view that could be seen from the living room! Moreover, even if you are almost in the center of the city, is located in a very quiet ... It feels like being in another world! It is certainly one of the best holidays we have ever organized!
All'inizio avevamo prenotato la casa cueva, ma per un piccolo errore Miguel ci ha prenotato un altro suo appartamento (https://www.wimdu.it/offers/BM3RT8NV). Possiamo solo dire che il cambio ci è piaciuto tantissimo! L'appartamento è stupendo e molto caratteristico, perfetto per un soggiorno (anche lungo) a Granada. Si trova nel quartiere dell'Albaicìn, una zona stupenda! E ci siamo innamorati della vista che si vedeva dal soggiorno! Inoltre, anche se ci si trova quasi nel centro storico della città, si trova in un posto molto tranquillo... Sembra di stare in un altro mondo! Di sicuro è una delle vacanze più belle che abbiamo mai organizzato!
Great location, cosy and proper apartment. The so-called 'Cave Room' is a bit moist, that's why we slept in the other bedroom. The shower is decent, but uncomfortably small and lacks ventilation. Washing machine available, but clothes take a lot of time to dry, because of the humidity inside.
Contents de notre séjour dans l'appartement loué par Miguel.
Ce dernier est situé prés du centre ville ( compter 8 minutes à pieds) et proche de cemagnifique lieu touristique qu'est Alhambra ( environ 15 bonnes minutes à pieds).
L'appartement est situé dans une ruelle trés calme, il est trés propre. Seul petit bémol il manque le luxe d'une machine à laver le linge....
Nous vous conseillons cette location et cet hôte!
Bon séjour!
Prima verblijf gehad in Granada in dit huis. Sfeervol ingericht, heerlijk koel. Locatie is prima. Ons deerde het niet, maar als je gevoelig bent voor geluidsoverlast: Je hoort de flamencoshow, die in de buurt wordt gegeven tot een uur of elf/half 12.
I don't really know how does accommodation got such a good recommendation.
First of all, the flat was very clean, which is nice. But it was so tiny... not at all 50m2 - I would guess 30m2. Furthermore I did not see any balcony or it wasn't introduced to me. Miguel spoke hardly any English - which did not make him being a good host at all. Furthermore the boiler in the bathroom was turned off. Therefore we had a nice surprise in the morning (cold water). Toilet paper was also missing.
Due to all these negative things and therefore I would not recommand anyone visiting this place (reason: too much money for less quality) - we really loved the view of Alhambra!
My opinion about this apartment is mixed. The view is really beautiful and so is the terrace where you have that view. The rest of the apartment is in my opnion not really an apartment. It's just too small, you simply can't put a kitchen, shower and toilet in 4 square metres.
Nice appartment every thing were perfect
best regards
Apartment with amazing, very complete and comfortable views. Very good location as being in the Albaycin, with the charm that has this beautiful neighborhood, is within walking distance from the center of Granada City and Sacromonte. The only thing is that the street is very small and a little dirty but the apartment, the views and location October 1.
Apartamento con vistas increíbles, muy completo y confortable. Ubicación muy buena ya que estando en el Albaycin, con el encanto que tiene este precioso barrio, está a un paso del centro de Granada Ciudad y del Sacromonte. Lo único es que la calle es muy pequeña y estaba un poco sucia pero el apartamento, las vistas y ubicación un 10.
Apartment well located and clean, but nothing kitchen to prepare coffee or another (some welcoming coffee capsules title would have been appreciated). Cold, minimalist home. Difficult to park and no information or advice to guide us. Poor wifi connection. Would recommend it for the location.
Appartement bien placé et propre, cuisine équipée mais rien pour se préparer un café ou autre (quelques capsules de café à titre de bienvenue auraient été appréciées). Accueil froid et minimaliste. Difficile de parquer et aucune indication ou conseil pour nous guider. Connexion wifi déficiente. On le recommandera pour l'emplacement.
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Oct. 21, 1931 – April 18, 2013
Joseph Casuccio of Williamsville, a retired Maryvale High School assistant principal, died Thursday in the Beechwood Rehabilitation Center. He was 81.
Born in Buffalo, he was a graduate of West Seneca High School. He went on to earn bachelor's and master's degrees from the University at Buffalo.
In 1956, Mr. Casuccio began what turned into a 34-year career with the Maryvale School District, wearing many hats. His versatile career included time as a biology and health teacher, as well as a physical education teacher. He also coached several sports and was a recreation director and eventually assistant high school principal for about 15 years, before his retirement in 1990.
Early in his career, Mr. Casuccio had brief stints coaching freshman and junior varsity football, basketball and baseball. He briefly served as the girl's softball coach, while being active in the Varsity Club.
It was in gymnastics that he made his greatest contributions. He introduced the sport at Maryvale and then guided the 1966 and 1967 squads to undefeated seasons. The 1966 squad was sectional champion.
Mr. Casuccio coordinated the state gymnastics intersectionals at Buffalo State College in 1967, and was the first gymnastics champion chairman in the Western New York Section VI Athletic Council.
After he was named assistant high school principal, he was instrumental in starting the Erie County Interscholastaic Conference of Assistant Principals organization. He also served on the committee for the Freedom Foundation of Valley Forge, the Maryvale Athletic Wall of Fame Committee and the Parent Teacher Organization.
"Everywhere we would go, we would bump into his former students, and they always had something positive to say about him, and that doesn't always happen with administrators," said his son, Anthony J. Casuccio.
"He kept in touch with a lot of his former students. He was firm, but fair," said his wife of 54 years, the former Carol A. Podsiadlo.
Mr. Casuccio was an avid golfer, and enjoyed fishing, hunting and dancing. He and his wife belonged to the Amherst Dance Club for 10 years.
He remained active in retirement, volunteering at the Amherst Senior Center, where he headed the woodcarving club.
In addition to his wife and son, he is survived by a daughter, Lisa Groeger.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9 a.m. Monday at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church, 150 St. Gregory Court at Maple Road, Amherst.


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To say I love books would be a gross understatement. Books have been a central part of my life for as long as I can remember. I can spend hours perusing books in a book store and I still harbor that childhood dream of living in an English manor house with a library where the bookshelves go from floor to ceiling and there is a sliding ladder to help you reach the books up high. Just thinking about it makes me smile!
So, that is why I like to share books that have touched me in some way, in the hopes that they might interest you too. Today it is not a book about yarn, but a book about Africa.
John LeCarré was a British spy and throughout most of his career wrote espionage novels. You may not like this genre (I love it! and there really aren't many that I don't like!) but you will be hearing more about his novels thanks to the film version of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Whether or not you like spy stories, LeCarré is a fabulous writer, and in The Constant Gardener, he delves into a very different subject matter.
You may have seen the movie. It was beautiful. With Ralph Finnes, what's not to like? But the book is one hundred times better and much more complex. The Constant Gardener is my favorite contemporary novel. The first part of the book is written in the third person, different characters describing who Justin Quayle, the main character, is. By the time you get to around page 100, you have formed a pretty good idea of who this person is. Then Justin takes over the narration and everything changes! The character development, from a psychological point of view, is extraordinary!
The film was publicized as a love story and it certainly is, an extraordinary love story. But, it is so much more than that. It is about culture and class, power and greed, prejudice and hate, violence and suffering, poverty and despair, but also love and hope. I have read it many times and know that I will be reading it again.
The only advantage that the movie has over the book is that we see the beauty of the land and the people, but we also witness the destruction and the desolation, the horrendous poverty that the people live in. These were not actors. The scenes were filmed on location in Nairobi, Kenya. Kenya is not South Africa (I'm very subtle, aren't I ?) but we can imagine that the shanty towns where the Aids orphans live in South Africa are very similar.
I have mentioned this before, this deep desire to right injustice in the world has been with me since my early teens. This is certainly part of the reason that this book speaks to me in such an important way. And now, that I finally have a way to do something concrete to help, to change, even in a small way, I feel extraordinarily blessed!
And it is thanks to all of you! All of you who have joined the call of Knit-a-Squillion Challenge, who are making squares that will go directly around the shoulders of children in South Africa to wrap them in warmth and hope, you give me faith in humanity and the energy to be a constant knitter for the children of South Africa!
Now to some updates!
Trina from North Carolina, Denielle from Massachusetts and Jayme from Texas, have joined us. Thank you and welcome!!
Tally for Knit-a-Square - squares sent to S.A. - 77, 878
Tally for us - squares I have received - 22!!, plus one hat!
|Our first squares - all 22 of them!!
I received the first squares this week! Saying I was thrilled is, again, an understatement. Dayle from British Columbia sent in 5 beautiful squares. I have faith in all of you, but actually having this first package in my hands was a fantastic confirmation that this is real!
Jenifer from Michigan sent me this beautiful square. She was planning on using it for an afghan, but changed her mind. Since it is bigger than 8", she told me that I could unravel it and make something else. Perish the thought!! As you know, I don't crochet yet, but I am going to knit this square into a sweater. It is too beautiful to destroy!
|Jenifer's beautiful square. Stay tuned for the sweater!
|From Trina and to think she's new to knitting!
I wanted to share a few facts that you might find helpful.
- I have received updated information from KasCare. There are now an estimated 2.4 million orphans in South Africa.
- It takes 35 squares to make a blanket.
(These two facts are meant to ENcourage you and not discourage!)
- If you live in the northern hemisphere, remember that our summer is their winter in South Africa.
- The average winter temperature is 39 degrees F or 4 degrees C. I have had several people ask me why they need blankets in Africa. . .
- Rhonda, who is the incredible person responsible "on the ground" in South Africa tries to give a hat to each child with the blanket. If you would like to contribute hats, please try to make them big and stretchy so the children can grow into them. For most of the children, this will be the only hat they ever have.
-As mentioned, sweaters are also needed particularly for the young children, aged 2 to 8. They also need to be long to cover distended tummies.


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There is less than a month before the Stetson men's basketball team takes the court for an exhibition game against Flagler. The 2012-13 Hatters have been competing in individual and team training sessions all fall, and official full length practices are just around the corner.
In this Hatter Report from practice at the Edmunds Center, senior Adam Pegg, senior Joel Naburgs, and junior Chris Perez talk about what the team has been focusing on, what may be different in this year's squad, and how excited they are for the start of the season.


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A crowd of all ages turned out in full force to hear Green Day belt out their greatest hits in Bangkok last night, packing Impact Arena to its brim.
After all, it had been well over a year since Bangkok welcomed an internationally-recognized artist. And the city's rock lovers weren't about to let this opportunity pass.
Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong even seemed to be aware of our deprivation, chanting "it's been too long" into the microphone while prowling from one corner of his stage to the other.
If last night's concert could be described in one word, it would definitely be 'explosive.' Literally. Pyrotechnics accompanied the band's performance as Green Day strummed out hits from the past decade in addition to popular tracks from their most recent album, "21st Century Breakdown."
During the show, Armstrong brought up a number of fans from the audience to join him at the microphone, who he then encouraged to dive off the stage. The concert ended with an encore lasting nearly 15 minutes.
Green Day has sold over 22 million albums in the United States alone, won three Grammy awards, and is credited with popularizing punk music. They appeared in Bangkok once before, 14 years ago.
Today, still buzzing from last night's impressive show, Bangkok can't help but wonder how long we will have to wait for the next big name to hit the city, and if it will be of the same pedigree.
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quote: Thirdly, I mearly pointed out that the economy is Demand first, not supply first. Therefor every single economic model in Congress is hopelessly flawed. EVen the much debated Stimulus was rooted in Supply-Side economic principles and not Keynesian theory.
quote: Keynesian economics argues that private sector decisions sometimes lead to inefficient macroeconomic outcomes
quote: a desire to attempt to end, or lessen the impact of, a boom-bust system that has been shown to exist with no regulation.


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Secrecy, Monopoly, and Access to Pharmaceuticals in International Trade Law: Protection of Marketing Approval Data Under the TRIPs Agreement
Aaron Xavier Fellmeth
Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Harvard International Law Journal, Vol. 45, 2004
The international debate over how to balance access to medicines with the intellectual property protection demanded by their developers divides the economically developed countries from the developing countries. Economically developed countries have pushed for an interpretation of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs Agreement) that would confer on large pharmaceutical companies price-inflating monopolies over drugs that are neither patented nor patentable, through guarantees of exclusive rights to clinical testing data necessary to obtain marketing approval. The purpose of data exclusivity is to ensure that the initial registrant of a new drug can recover the considerable costs of testing the drug for efficacy and safety. Many developing countries see little point in granting exclusive marketing privileges to wealthy foreign drug companies so that they may sell much-needed drugs at a premium price to an impecunious population. Allowing later registrants to free ride on the data submitted by the drug's initial registrant prevents wasteful repetition of testing and facilitates rapid development of competition in drug markets.
The Article analyzes the contentions of both sides of the debate and proposes a resolution that strikes the right balance between maximizing drug developers' incentives to obtain new drug marketing approvals in developing countries and fostering free and fair competition in drug markets. The time has come to propose an alternative approach that is consistent with the requirements of the TRIPs Agreement and satisfies the reasonable policy needs of both the pharmaceutical industry and developing countries.
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How is Holy Angels Academy preparing students for the changing world? It is educating them earlier as the demand for better, smarter students increases. But there seems to be a difference in opinion on the new middle school at Holy Angels between the administration and the top dogs of the academy � the seniors.
This school year Holy Angels expanded by creating a middle school known as Holy Angels Prep. It consists of a total of 18 students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades. The Prep students are able to obtain up to five high school credits before they reach high school. The middle school is extremely selective, according to Prep Principal Jeanne Whittington. The goal is to have 20 students per grade, she added.
"It's so exciting to watch the kids learning," said Whittington.
Though HAA Prep has an integrated style of learning, it still follows a core curriculum aimed to help prepare the students for high school and beyond.
Sharon Stoll, a technology teacher, said that the Prep students are like rays of sunshine whenever she has them in class.
"I can't believe their level of maturity for their age," Stoll said.
While the schools' administration believes that Holy Angels Prep is a good idea, what do the students, especially the seniors, at Holy Angels Academy think?
"It was a good idea, but it wasn't executed well," said senior Lisa Lobaugh, who is also the vice president of Student Council. The plan was "a little rushed," she added.
Although there is limited interaction with the Prep students, the Academy students are with the Prep students at lunch, music class, art class and gym class.
Senior Molly Gallagher said, "It's nice that [the administrators] are doing things, but we need more space."
"My only concern, for their sake, is not if they will be ready academically, but are they going to be emotionally, mentally and socially developed?" said senior Kassy Stout.
To help the students adjust to the new school, the Prep school is planning clinics for some sports that the girls may be interested in and hope to roster teams for basketball and softball.
The seniors also held a dance for the new middle schoolers last month, and are planning another one for Oct. 30.
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LISBON - For 160 years the Morning Journal has provided a comprehensive daily report of happenings in Columbiana County and the surrounding area.
Now we have added an Apple OS application for the iPhone to the ways our readers can access the news.
The app joins the printed newspaper and www.morningjournalnews.com as ways you can get your news. All three products provide both news and special features that are unique to each.
The huge popularity of the Apple iPhone and iPad pushed us to develop the app for them first. The combined traffic that our website gets from the two devices is far more than from all other mobile devices combined.
All mobile users, including those on Apple devices still will be able to access our site using a web browser. Content to our main site, our mobile site located at mobile.www.morningjournalnews.com and to our new app is updated daily.
Visiting our website with any device running the Apple OS system will trigger a screen urging readers to download the app. You also can search for "Lisbon Morning Journal" in the app store. You can also visit www.morningjournalnews.com/iphone and be redirected to the correct site.
Users of our mobile app will receive breaking news alerts, the days top news and sports stories, along with being able to write comments and vote in our polls and search for articles.
"Our commitment to covering the news of Columbiana County has remained solid for the past 160 years. With the release of our new mobile app, we will continue to satisfy the changing needs of our readers," said Larry Dorschner, Morning Journal publisher.


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Missouri State Teachers Association filed a lawsuit against the state, state governor and
attorney general last month to battle a new law that would forbid teachers from
having "exclusive access" with students on Internet sites.
The law, which was to take effect on August 28 and was called the Amy Hestir
Student Protection Act (after a Missouri student who was molested decades ago),
aimed to prevent inappropriate behavior between teachers and students by restricting
out-of-school contact. Teachers would not be allowed to interact with students
on the internet "exclusively," meaning through private messages. The
contact would have to be publicly seen by parents and administrators.
But teachers fought back, saying that students needed that out-of-school
contact for help with homework or confidentiality about subjects like bullying.
Now, the Missouri State Teachers Association has won the battle. The law has
been repealed through the Missouri Stat Senate, according to ZDNet.
Senator Jane Cunningham (R-Chesterfield), who sponsored the Amy Hestir Student
Protection Act, filed Senate Bill 1 this month, and the Senate now passed SB1
33-0. It will now be taken to the House, be assigned to a committee, and if
approved, will become eligible to be debated on the House floor.
SB1 requires each Missouri school district to have a written policy regarding
employee-student communication by March 1, 2012.
The Missouri State Teachers Association also asked the Circuit Court of Cole
County to review the constitutionality of the law's social media section last
month. Teachers worried that this new law was broad enough to ban them from
having a Facebook, or from "friending" their own children who are
Missouri students. They argued that this infringed on First Amendment rights.
Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem granted the group a preliminary injunction
that lasts for 180 days and will expire February 20, 2012.
The Missouri State Teachers Association has not dropped its lawsuit despite
this win.
quote: In no way does this law take away the responsibility of the parents to their children.
quote: Society has changed in this digital age in regards to the rules of engagement of private communications. In the past, to keep a private, secret relationship, it required personal contact or writing letters.


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polaris man
February 19, 2013, 08:41 AM
Am looking to get rangefinder. Have narrowed it down to leupold 1000i tbr DNA and vortex ranger 1000. Has anyone compared the two. What's your thoughts.
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February 19, 2013, 02:11 PM
actually, i didn't even know either company was making a LRF
Derek Zeanah
February 19, 2013, 02:16 PM
I'd say Bushnell would be as low as I'd go, personally. But I may occasionally engage MOA targets at > 1,000 yards. Hopefully soon.
Leica are decent but don't range as well as they're rated. At least not easily. Swarovski does really good. I've heard Zeiss does as well. Bushnell optics aren't as pretty, but they work. Talked to Vortex at their booth at SHOT and as far as I can remember they don't have anything that'll range 1,000 yards vs a non-reflective target.
Can't tell you anything about Leupold. I've been to their booth at 3 SHOT shows, and to date nobody has been willing to show me their line. I've given up, though my MK IV spotting scope is quite nice.
Outlaw Man
February 20, 2013, 08:54 PM
One of the guys I prairie dog hunted with last year had a Leupold range finder he spoke highly of. Not sure of the model. I didn't use it myself.
Admittedly, he's a borderline fanboy, but I've never seen him steer anyone wrong on gear.
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Conferences, Meetings & Events
We have a number of different venues on campus including the Medrus suite, all are supplied with full AV and flipcharts as standard. Please contact us to arrange a no obligation viewing.
We have a number of award winning food and drink outlets on campus, offering anything from a coffee and cake, up to a full event catering service with a formal dinner for 250.
The University is able to provide visitor accommodation during the summer vacation period. We offer accommodation to suit every budget. Wi-fi and complementary use of the Sports Centre are included for residential guests.


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Celebrity Central / Top 25 Celebs
Bethenny Frankel
- 1970
Rocky Beginnings
Legendary horse trainer Bobby Frankel and his wife Bernadette welcome their only child, Bethenny. "I never had a true childhood," Frankel later recalls in a 2010 PEOPLE cover story. "There was a lot of destruction: alcohol abuse, eating disorders and violent fights." When she is four, Frankel's father walks out, and she resides with her mother, who marries another horse trainer, John Parisella, whom Frankel calls "the only father I've ever known."
- 1983
Troubled Teen
After moving seven times in 10 years, Frankel's unstable home life with her mother and stepfather leads to Frankel's own issues, particularly with food. "I was owned by dieting," she tells PEOPLE. "I hated myself. I was completely obsessed and consumed."
- 1992
Career Auditioning
Frankel graduates from New York University with a degree in communications and psychology, and heads to L.A. to pursue acting. When her movie career doesn't take off, Frankel tries her hand at events planning and, later, a pashmina company. "I didn't know what I was doing; I was broke," Frankel tells Forbes. "I was eating cartons of takeout rice two meals a day."
- 2001
Food Fix
Frankel returns to New York City, where she graduates from the Natural Gourmet Institute, which specializes in healthy-food choices and recipes. She soon establishes BethennyBakes, a cookie company catering to the health-conscious New York City elite. "I would be the next Mrs. Fields, the next Famous Amos, but the healthy version," she writes of her goal in her book, A Place of Yes.
- 2005
The Almost Apprentice
Frankel gains enough clout through BethennyBakes to establish a reputation as a natural foods chef and lands a spot on The Apprentice: Martha Stewart. She makes it all the way to the finale and leverages her 15 minutes in the spotlight for an endorsement deal with Pepperidge Farm and a monthly column for Health magazine.
- 2008
Bravo, Bethenny!
With TV exposure from The Apprentice, Frankel next lands on Bravo's new reality show The Real Housewives of New York City. The self-described "token single girl" endears audiences with her brash sensibilities, witty one-liners and heated arguments with cast mates. Her personality helps RHONYC skyrocket to record-setting numbers for its second and third seasons. "While the other Housewives were worrying about wardrobe, makeup, hair and shopping, I was building my business foundation," she writes in A Place of Yes. "I was on a mission."
- 2009
Best-selling Bethenny
After launching her company Skinnygirl, a food and lifestyle brand catered to healthy living, Frankel releases Naturally Thin: Unleash Your Skinnygirl and Free Yourself from a Lifetime of Dieting, a tome of more than 30 simple and health-conscious recipes. The book skyrockets onto the New York Times best-sellers list and draws attention for Frankel's signature recipe, the Skinnygirl Margarita. She follows up the success with The Skinnygirl Dish the same year; an audiobook, The Skinnygirl Rules, in 2010; and A Place of Yes in 2011.
So in Love
After eight months of dating, Frankel finally goes public about her relationship with New York businessman Jason Hoppy. He also becomes a fixture in RHONYC's third season, which chronicles their relationship and the deterioration of her close friendship with cast mate Jill Zarin. In October, the former single girl announces she's engaged and having a baby with her new beau. "It feels great, because I'm with the right person," she gushes of Hoppy, who gives her a 6 ½-carat pear-shaped diamond sparkler.
- 2010
So 'Hoppy' Together
While juggling her business and new TV spin-off, a seven-months pregnant Frankel marries Hoppy in a whirlwind wedding at the Four Seasons in New York City. "I'm a real housewife!" she Tweets after the ceremony.
And Bryn Makes Three!
Five weeks early and with cameras rolling, Frankel gives birth to a baby girl, Bryn Casey Hoppy, named after Hoppy's late brother Bryan. "I live for this baby," Frankel tells PEOPLE. "Everything that's happened is exciting, but it's nothing like having her in your arms. I just want to give her the life I didn't have."
Photo Credits
BIOGRAPHY (top to bottom): Courtesy Bethenny Frankel; Courtesy Bethenny Frankel; Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage; Stephen Chernin/AP; Jay Sullivan/Bravo; amazon.com; Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage; Andrei Jackamets/Bravo
- Name
- Bethenny Frankel
- Date of Birth
- November 04, 1970
- Birth Place
- Long Island, N.Y.
- Relationships
Michael A. Cerussi III (linked in 2014)
Jason Hoppy, husband (2008 to present; divorce pending)
Kevin Mazur, ex-boyfriend (2006 to 2007)
Peter Sussman, ex-husband (1994 to 1997)
- Children
Bryn Casey Hoppy, daughter (5/8/2010)


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SALINEVILLE - William F. Kempf, 69, of McGavern Road, died Wednesday afternoon at his home with his family around him.
He was born on December 22, 1942 in Salineville, a son of the late Oscar and Mary Yealey Kempf.
William lived all his live in the Salineville area and worked as a potter at Homer Laughlin until his retirement. He was a member of the Salineville Church of Christ. He loved NASCAR and particularly Jeff Gordon.
He will be sadly missed by his wife of 48 years Evelyn Simpson Kempf at home; two sons, Cory (Kim) Kempf of Calcutta, Keven Kempf of Salineville; one daughter Kendra (Frank Lafftery) Good of Salineville; one brother, John Kempf of Salineville; one sister, Carolyn (Don) Sprouse of Warren; eight grandchildren, Ron Good, Mason Lafferty, and Jessica Lafferty all of Salineville, Christina Rawlings of Wellsville, Andrea Rawlings of Calcutta, Frank Lafferty and Justin Lafferty of Georgia and McKayla Lafferty of Canton; and several nieces and nephews.
Besides his parents William was preceded in death by two sisters, Mildred Davison and Margaret Wright.
Services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at the Kerr-Pastore Funeral Home in Salineville with Fred O. May officiating.
Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery.
Family and friends may call Friday from 2-4 PM and 6-8 PM at the Kerr-Pastore Funeral Home in Salineville.
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Most English Christmas customs are quite familiar to Americans: the presents under the tree, the holly, the mistletoe and the Christmas feast are all symbols we share along with our common language. But few Americans have heard of the British holiday tradition I find most endearing: The Christmas pantomime, which has nothing to do with the late Marcel Marceau. The panto is a fractured fairy tale, complete with music, dancing, ... Read More »
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Lights, lights, and more lights! Light displays, both tacky and classy, abound in Richmond between Thanksgiving and the New Year.
Homeowners across the central Virginia's metropolitan area have decked their houses in holiday lights, blow-up decorations, store-bought decorations, home-made decorations – all vying to outdo each other with more, better, and over-the-top displays lighting up their homes with Christmas spirit beginning the Friday after Thanksgiving and ending with the New Year.
But homeowners are not the only ones who go "over the top." Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens GardenFest of Lights provides a fantastic display, decorating each garden, water feature, and path with a myriad of lights. The rose garden even has rose lights for the holiday season. And, The GradenFest of Lights will be on display until January 10th!
Some of Richmond's homes have been featured on national television, of course, local television, books and publications, blogs, newspaper articles, even coffee table books. This phenomenon dates back at least to 1986 and seems to grow exponentially every year. Patricia Cornwall even mentions Richmond's Tacky Lights in her book: "Black Notice" saying that Marino's house was lighting up the sky like an amusement park!
There are city blocks of folks who band together and decorate to be included on the Tacky Light Tour, homes along Monument Avenue and in the Fan are all aglow, cul-de-sacs and blocks in the burbs join together in pacts to decorate, and individual homeowners just go all out and begin decorating Labor Day to be ready for their grand illumination Thanksgiving weekend.
And, then, there's Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens who decorate their gardens and conservatory as the Gardenfest of Lights. This year's theme is Fire & Ice, combining the Hans Frabel's glass sculptures with their more traditional holiday elements and lights. The gardens also decorate the conservatory and the educational center. You'll even find trains in a setting of miniature structures crafted from natural elements.
Don't miss these very Richmond holiday traditions this year or next! It gets better every year!
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I started this on the tag board but feel it deserves a posting here so that it can be properly discussed. Without further ado...the pros and cons:
- Get a PDGA rating more easily by limiting the need to travel to tournaments in the US
- Get PDGA points more easily in order to qualify for tournaments in the US
- Increased cost of tournament play for non PDGA members
- No benefit realized from extra fees paid
- Discourage player participation for those on a tight budget
The Duck Golf series was started in order to raise the level of disc golf played in BC. This was done by encouraging tournament play without the high fees associated with tournaments stateside. Over the years, this goal has been accomplished. Many of the golfers playing today have developed their game while participating in Duck Golf Series events. I believe that this mandate of reasonable fees combined with committed volunteers who run these tournaments should be kept as is.
There are already PDGA sanctioned events held in BC. If more are required, the DG series is not the venue for this. The DG series tournaments are run during the winter months and can occur during the heaviest "duck" weather imaginable. Does anybody really think that top level US players will come to a DG series event in the middle of winter to play for a couple of hundred bucks as a payout? Let the summer months, (when there is a stronger likelihood of attracting top quality golfers), be the season for PDGA sanctioned events.
Of the 27 PDGA registered members from BC, only a handful have played more than a few PDGA tournaments. Many have only the Canadian Nationals as the tournament played, (which required PDGA membership in order to play). Of the 27 PDGA members, only half are regular DG series players. So who is this really benefiting? Fifteen players max? Excuse me if I am wrong, but I feel that the rest of us are essentially subsidizing these players in their quest for points that will allow them to play in tournaments south of the border.
I am not against the PDGA and realize that having tournaments affiliated with this organization raises the profile of the sport and gives the BC Disc Golf organization a legitimacy in the eyes of municipalities etc.
I am sure that there are many more pros and cons other than the ones I have listed. Please feel free to post away and tell me I am wrong, (or right).


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I love the holidays.
I love everything about them.
To me, the holidays start the week of Thanksgiving. The kids get the entire week off, and it's then that it clicks for me: The holidays are upon us.
It's also then, however, that the stress seems to sneak in.
What side of the family will we spend Thanksgiving with? Will the other side be upset? How will we possibly afford Christmas presents for everyone? And, really, Christmas music already?!
As a mom trying to teach her kids about the true meaning of Thanksgiving and Christmas, it's disheartening that retail stores have made the holidays so commercialized.
Thanksgiving is no longer about being around family and sharing what we're thankful for. It's turned into the day that the Black Friday ads come out. So, while people are sitting around the Thanksgiving table, they're also strategizing about what Black Friday stores to hit first.
Don't get me wrong. We are a single-income household, so I'm all about finding good deals. But the stories I have heard about fights breaking out over a Tickle Me Elmo (totally 1999, I know) make me want to puke up my pumpkin pie.
As for Christmas, stores don't even allow us to get through Halloween or to be truly thankful before they have us singing "Deck The Halls."
It just doesn't feel right to be shopping for Halloween decorations when one aisle over you can buy a Christmas tree.
I understand that all stores have marketing techniques to make money, but that's not what the holidays should be about. They should be about relaxation, family, gratitude, love and, last but not least, the birth of Jesus Christ.
I have decided that this year I want to start a new family tradition. Whether it is volunteering our time at the food bank, donating toys or sending stockings overseas...I want to start giving to those who are in need. The best part of this will be that my kids will begin to see firsthand that it's truly all about giving and not receiving.
Don't let the rush of the holidays stress you out. And try not to focus on getting the best deal on Black Friday. Because if you focus on the true meaning of the season, you'll realize that you already received the best deal a long, long time ago.
Caiti Mondragon is married with three children. Read her Tuesdays on Greeley Moms.
It doesn\'t feel right to be shopping for Halloween decorations when one aisle over you can buy a Christmas tree.


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- Speakers: Brad Anderson
- 40 comments
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Any insights into what will be announced or who some of the secondary speakers will be?
Where oh where has my Start Button gone?
Where oh where can he be?
With his click and drag and his run dialog.
Oh where, oh where can he be?
It would be interesting to see a roadmap. MS seems to be moving at a pretty good pace, but is anybody driving?
Looking forward to attending this years conference
Could we NOT do what was done at last years day 2 keynote address, my company didn't spend a boat load of cash to send me to a conference, only to learn how to send an email in windows 8. The day 2 Keynote, I ended up walking out, it was uninteresting, and pointless.
I am very interested in the cloud computing perspective of Microsoft. They have done very impressive works and i am curious about how microsoft sees the future of cloud computing. Looking forward to it!
Hopefully some info on the lack of a technet subscription this year.
I am also interested in the cloud computing....
Excited to hear more about Azure
I heard Brad at MMS 2012 and 2013 and watched him play drums with "DJ Ravi Drums" in Vegas this past year. Not a bad deal...
I was surprised to see the number sessions related to security/hacking.
Looking forward to see what's coming up from Microsoft.
I hope there is some info about richer APM capabilities being added to SCOM
Can't wait!
where is the live streaming for the keynote
It looks like the time zone is CST and not EST.
@AVanCleave:nice thought also where is it going?
@SergioMabres: Live broadcast is on the homepage (http://channel9.msdn.com)
What do you think?
Will we hear about the next big thing from Microsoft or Tech general
Will this be all about MS product line?
Don't call me names...but I can't find the session...
Looking forward to Windows Server 2012 R2.
@NUNOMATTA: The keynote is live at http://channel9.msdn.com, and will be available 24-48 hours from now for download right here.
@Curt2013:You are correct, Louisiana is CST.
Cool entrance Brad - Did you get to keep the car? I was expecting the Matrix and the Bad Girl to say "Mr. Anderson - We've been expecting you ". Anyway, some really, cool exciting stuff coming out of Redmond folks so stay tuned for more details and can't wait to get my hands on some of this stuff.
Impressive start. Also loved the band
Great presentation!
But, where can we get the video of the jazz band that played just before the Keynote Presentation?
Hey I loved that Easynet demo - He was actually making the same EasyJet Booking I made last Friday: London Gatwick to Rome, in just under two weeks time - Italy Yay ! But I didnt choose seats, so I guess I am in the worst seats, just hope I dont have to sit with his kids.
Wish i was conviced by the realibility of all thsi Cload stuff.
some cool stuff!
@akemner82: watch the SC12 R2 OpsMgr session here http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2013/MDC-B208 as some of that is covered in that (last part of the presentation is about the DevOps scenarios).
It's awesome the way Microsoft is scaling outward and onward with the Cloud driven paradigm. Integration of all the components mentioned in the keynote really shows Microsoft bringing it together.
Computer my own idea make was get2 clouds and one found channel9.msdn.com new of TechEd North America 2013!
;)Keynote Presentation
When I look the Corvette's wheels when Brad "drive" in to the stage, I wonder: "was the car too powerful for Brad or did he have no drive license, or why he didn't really drive the car?" :D
And printer demo sounds like a dejavu....
Shame that I could not join into there :(
The amount of innovation that Microsoft is releasing to cloud (O365 and Azure) is simply fantastic!
@Dude: I'm sure Brad could have driven it just fine... but driving a vehicle inside an enclosed space full of people breaks all sorts of rules... so it had to just 'glide' in like that. I would rather it came screaming in and slid to a stop on the stage... but no luck
Does anyone know what happened here? I had downloaded a number of the session videos and when I came back to download more I get a Failed - Server problem error. It's been this way for a week or two now. I've tried it from several different computers, from different locations, IPs, etc. Will we be allowed to download sessions again? Please?
@Bill44077: Where do you get an error? clicking on a download link or?
I've been trying for days now and kept getting this same error. It's when I right click on Save Link As and try to save the High MP4.I had tried multiple different videos too. But it just started working now so I'm a happy camper!
Are the slides going to be available?
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